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From Mainframes to Smartphones : A History of the International Computer Industry / Martin Campbell-Kelly, Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries onlyDescription: 1 online resource (220 p.) : 7 graphs, 21 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674286535
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.47004 23
LOC classification:
  • HD9696.2.A2 C36 2015eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. Origins of the Computer Industry 1950–1965 -- PART II. The Impact of IBM’s System/360 1965–1980 -- PART III. The Rise of the Personal Computer 1980–1995 -- PART IV The Internet Era 1995–2010 -- Notes -- Index
Summary: This compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674286535

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. Origins of the Computer Industry 1950–1965 -- PART II. The Impact of IBM’s System/360 1965–1980 -- PART III. The Rise of the Personal Computer 1980–1995 -- PART IV The Internet Era 1995–2010 -- Notes -- Index

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This compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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