The computer comes of age the people, the hardware, and the software

• Main Author: Moreau, René.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1984.
• Series: MIT Press series in the history of computing.
• Subjects: Computers > History.; Programming languages (Electronic computers) > History.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780262256681
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (x, 227 p.) : ill.
• Item Description: Translation of: Ainsi naquit l'informatique.; Includes index.
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Given the proliferation of computers and computer-related products, it is difficult to realize that the computer's history is, in fact, a very short one. Renâe Moreau, Director of Scientific Development, IBM France, traces the evolution of the computer from its earliest stored-program stages in the 1940s to the introduction of the IBM 360 Series in 1963. Written for the nonspecialist, his book defines, explains, and dates those first formulations in computer science and covers the major phases in the evolution of the software and hardware. Also included are a discussion of programming languages and an appendix which details early work on computers in the USSR. - Publisher.