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A Brief History of Computing - Gerard O'Regan

A Brief History of Computing

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Buch | Softcover
268 Seiten
2010 | 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84996-725-9 (ISBN)
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This comprehensive book provides an introduction into the key topics in the history of computing in an easy-to-follow and concise manner. The book covers significant areas and events in the field from the beginnings of computation in 3000B.C. through to the present day.
This comprehensive book provides an introduction into the key topics in the history of computing in an easy-to-follow and concise manner. It does not require studies in computer science in order to be understood and appreciated. The book covers significant areas and events in the field from the beginnings of computation in 3000B.C. through to the present day. Helpful pedagogical elements such as exercises and chapter summaries are included. Focusing on the fundamental areas in the computing field, this clearly written and broad-ranging text will catch the attention and greatly benefit computer science students.

From the contents. Early Civilisations.- The Babylonians.- The Egyptians.- The Greeks.- The Romans.- Foundations.- Boole.- Babbage.- Formalism.- Turing.- Shannon.- Von Neumann.- Hermann Zuse.- Computer Programming Languages.- Object-oriented Languages.- Functional Programming Languages.- Logic Programming Languages.- Syntax and Semantics.- Software Engineering.- What is Software Engineering?- Early Software Engineering.- Software Engineering Mathematics.- Formal Methods.- Software Inspections and Testing.- Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems.- Descartes.- Philosophy and AI.- Cognitive Psychology.- Linguistics.- Cybernetics.- Logic and AI.- Computability, Incompleteness and Decidability.- Robots.- Neural Networks.- Expert Systems.- The Internet Revolution.- The ARPANET.- TCP/IP.- Birth of the Internet.- Birth of the World-Wide-Web.- Dot Com Companies.- E-Software Development.- E-Commerce Security.- Famous Technology Companies.- Microsoft.- Motorola.- Apple Computers.- Oracle.- Siemens.- HP.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.10.2010
Zusatzinfo black & white illustrations
Verlagsort England
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 381 g
Einbandart Paperback
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Technikgeschichte
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Theorie / Studium
ISBN-10 1-84996-725-3 / 1849967253
ISBN-13 978-1-84996-725-9 / 9781849967259
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