Descript |
256 s. ; 1.5 cm |
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Includes index |
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Originally published: 2005 |
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"Carlton Book" |
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Introduction -- Digital dawn -- Machines learn to remember -- Sparks of an idea -- Computers go to war -- Getting down to business -- Getting personal -- Game on -- Jacking In -- Let me entertain you -- The world of tomorrow -- Index -- Credits |
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"From the tiniest gadget to vast scientific simulators, computers are integral to our lives, and are developing at ever-increasing speed. The Computer traces the evolution of this vital machine from its earliest roots through its exciting application in code-breaking during the Second World War, from its initial use in the workplace and home, to is current status as a totally indispensable -- and increasingly portable - part of twenty-first century life. Highly illustrated, the book brings home the rapid reduction in computer size and growth in capacity, and its vast range of uses. From colossus to the iPad -- this book tells the whole extraordinary story." -- Back cover |
Subject |
Computers -- History -- Pictorial works
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Computers -- Social aspects -- Pictorial works
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Pictorial works.
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Classmark |
004.0222
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ISBN/ISSN |
9781780976990 |
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