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"Topics and features, 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 book is a collection of refereed invited papers on the history of computing from the 1940s to the 1990s with one paper going back to look at Italian calculating/computing machines from the first century to the 20th century. The 22 papers cover a wide range of computing related topics such as specific early computer systems, their construction, their use and their users, software programming and operating systems, people involved in the theory, design and use of these computers, computer education, and conservation of computing technology. "

"Tracing the story of computing from Babylonian counting boards to smartphones, this inspiring textbook/reference provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of computing, together with discussion exercises to stimulate deeper investigation into this fascinating area.Topics and features:* Provides chapter introductions, summaries and key topics, as well as review questions and a glossary* Includes an introduction to analogue and digital computers, and to the foundations of computing* Examines the contributions of the ancient Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Islamic civilisations to the field of computing* Covers the first digital computers, and the earliest examples of commercial computers, mainframes and minicomputers* Describes the invention and early development of the integrated circuit and the microprocessor* Reviews the emergence of home computers, and the introduction of the IBM personal computer* Discusses the technological revolutions initiated by the creation of the Internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the rise of social media* Presents a short history of telecommunications, programming languages, operating systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and databasesThis engaging and easy-to-read work serves as an introductory textbook for students of computer science interested in the historical basis of the field. The curious reader will also find the book to be ideal as a self-study primer on the origins of the fundamental theory and early applications of the technology which has now become ubiquitous in modern society."