The Innovation in Computing Companion A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Inventions

The Innovation in Computing Companion A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Inventions / by Gerard O’Regan.

This encyclopedic reference provides a concise and engaging overview of the groundbreaking inventions and conceptual innovations that have shaped the field of computing, and the technology that runs the modern world. Each alphabetically-ordered entry presents a brief account of a pivotal innovation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O’Regan, Gerard (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Computers.
Technology—History.
Computer hardware.
Personal computers.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Background
  • ABC Computer
  • Ada Programming Language
  • Agile Methodology
  • Amdahl 470 and 580
  • Analytic and Difference Engines
  • Apple II and Macintosh
  • Intelligence and Applications
  • Atari Video Games
  • Automated Teller Machine
  • AXE System
  • Binary Number System
  • Boolean Algebra and Digital Computing
  • C and C++ Programming Languages
  • Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems
  • CMMI and Software Process Improvement
  • Colossus and Code Breaking at Bletchley Park
  • Commodore PET and 64
  • COBOL and Compilers
  • Databases
  • DEC PDP 11 and VAX 11/780 Minicomputers
  • Digital Photography
  • EDVAC and ENIAC Computers
  • Eliza Program
  • Email Communication
  • E-Commerce
  • Formal Methods
  • GPS System
  • Graphical User Interface and Human Computer Interaction
  • Harvard Mark I Computer
  • Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine and the birth of IBM
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Internet
  • Iridium System
  • Java Programming Language
  • LEO Computers
  • Manchester Baby and Mark I Computers
  • Microprocessor
  • Mobile Phone
  • Mouse
  • Player and Digital Music
  • MS/DOS Operating System
  • Office Software
  • Open Source Software
  • Object-Oriented Paradigm
  • Personal and Home Computers
  • Robotics
  • Smartphones and Social Media
  • Software Inspections
  • Software Lifecycles
  • The System/360 Revolution
  • Transistor
  • UNIX Operating System
  • Von Neumann Architecture
  • WiFi Technology
  • World Wide Web
  • and Z4 Computers
  • Epilogue.

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