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A Brief History of Computing || by Gerard O'Regan (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Brief History of Computing || about?

This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation – from 3000 B.C. to the present day – in an easy-to-follow and concise manner. Topics and features: ideal for self-study, offering many pedagogical features such as chapter-opening key topics, chapter introductions and summaries, exercises, and a glossary; presents detailed information on major figures in computing, such as Boole, Babbage, Shannon, Turing, Zuse and Von Neumann; reviews the history of software engineering and of programming languages, including syntax and semantics; discusses the progress of artificial intelligence, with extension to such key disciplines as philosophy, psychology, linguistics, neural networks and cybernetics; examines the impact on society of the introduction of the personal computer, the World Wide Web, and the development of mobile phone technology; follows the evolution of a number of major technology companies, including IBM, Microsoft and Apple.

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Author

Gerard O'Regan (auth.)

Publisher

Springer London Ltd

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781447123583

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Mathematics, Engineering, History