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A History of Modern Computing, 2nd Ed.
Publisher: MIT Press, 2003 , 445 pages
ISBN: 0-262-53203-4
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- Introduction: Defining "Computer"
- The Advent of Commercial Computing, 1945-1956
- Computing Comes of Age, 1956-1964
- The Early History of Software, 1952-1968
- From Mainframe to Minicomputer, 1959-1969
- The "Go-Go" Years and teh System/360, 1961-1975
- The Chip and Its Impact, 1965-1975
- The Personal Computer, 1972-1977
- Augmenting Human Intellect, 1975-1985
- Workstations, UNIX, and the Net, 1981-1995
- "Internet Time", 1995-2001
- Conclusion: The Digitization of the World Picture
- Introduction: Defining "Computer"
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A History of Modern Computing
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A very good and exhaustive history of the computing age. The author is in great awe of Microsoft, but if that is disregarded, it is good reading.