A Brief History of Computing

Gerard O'Regan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2014 | 2nd ed. 2012
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4471-5960-5 (ISBN)

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This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation – from 3000 B.C. 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;

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.

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.

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

Zusatzinfo	XXIV, 264 p.
Verlagsort	England
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	444 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Informatik, Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-4471-5960-8 / 1447159608
ISBN-13	978-1-4471-5960-5 / 9781447159605
Zustand	Neuware