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A Brief History of Computing
Buch von Gerard O'Regan
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor

Dr. Gerard O'Regan is a CMMI software process improvement consultant at SQC Consulting, and a visiting lecturer at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Malaysia. He is the author of the Springer titles Introduction to Software Process Improvement, Mathematical Approaches to Software Quality and A Practical Approach to Software Quality.

Zusammenfassung

Offers a comprehensive account of the history of computing

Traces the beginnings of computation from 3000 B.C. through to modern times

Includes helpful pedagogical elements such as exercises and chapter summaries

Does not require studies in computer science in order to be understood and appreciated

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Computing in Early Civilisations.- What is a Computer?- Early Computers.- Developments in the 1950s to 1970s.- Revolutions in the 1980s and 1990s.- IBM.- Technology Companies.- The Internet Revolution.- History of Programming Languages.- History of Software Engineering.- People in Computing.- Foundations (Boole and Babbage).- Claude Shannon.- Alan Turing.- Artificial Intelligence.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: EDV
Genre: Informatik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: xxiv
264 S.
ISBN-13: 9781447123583
ISBN-10: 1447123581
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 80084317
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: O'Regan, Gerard
Auflage: 2nd ed. 2012
Hersteller: Springer London
Maße: 241 x 160 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Gerard O'Regan
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.03.2012
Gewicht: 0,6 kg
preigu-id: 106710076
Über den Autor

Dr. Gerard O'Regan is a CMMI software process improvement consultant at SQC Consulting, and a visiting lecturer at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Malaysia. He is the author of the Springer titles Introduction to Software Process Improvement, Mathematical Approaches to Software Quality and A Practical Approach to Software Quality.

Zusammenfassung

Offers a comprehensive account of the history of computing

Traces the beginnings of computation from 3000 B.C. through to modern times

Includes helpful pedagogical elements such as exercises and chapter summaries

Does not require studies in computer science in order to be understood and appreciated

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Computing in Early Civilisations.- What is a Computer?- Early Computers.- Developments in the 1950s to 1970s.- Revolutions in the 1980s and 1990s.- IBM.- Technology Companies.- The Internet Revolution.- History of Programming Languages.- History of Software Engineering.- People in Computing.- Foundations (Boole and Babbage).- Claude Shannon.- Alan Turing.- Artificial Intelligence.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: EDV
Genre: Informatik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: xxiv
264 S.
ISBN-13: 9781447123583
ISBN-10: 1447123581
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 80084317
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: O'Regan, Gerard
Auflage: 2nd ed. 2012
Hersteller: Springer London
Maße: 241 x 160 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Gerard O'Regan
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.03.2012
Gewicht: 0,6 kg
preigu-id: 106710076
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