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Télécharger le livre :  Konrad Zuse's Early Computers
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Konrad Zuse's Early Computers


Raúl Rojas


This book describes the historical development of the architectures of the first computers built by the German inventor Konrad Zuse in Berlin between 1936 and 1945. Zuse's machines are historically important because they anticipated many features of modern...

Parution : 2023-10-13
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Collection : History of Computing
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Télécharger le livre :  Tales of Electrologica
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Tales of Electrologica


Gerard Alberts , Jan Friso Groote


Manufacturing computers in series was quite a feat in the 1950s. As mathematical as it gets, the machines discussed here were called X1 and X8.The industrial achievement combined with the background in a mathematical research center made the company Electrologica a...

Parution : 2023-01-04
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Collection : History of Computing
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Télécharger le livre :  Cyber and the City
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Cyber and the City


Ashley Sweetman


Cyber security is the greatest risk faced by financial institutions today, a risk they have understood and managed for decades longer than is commonly understood. Ever since the major London banks purchased their first computers in the early 1960s, they have had to...

Parution : 2022-07-25
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Collection : History of Computing
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Télécharger le livre :  Words and Power
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Words and Power


Bernadette Longo


When viewed through a political lens, the act of defining terms in natural language arguably transforms knowledge into values. This unique volume explores how corporate, military, academic, and professional values shaped efforts to define computer terminology and...

Parution : 2021-07-26
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Collection : History of Computing
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Télécharger le livre :  From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking
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From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking


William Aspray , James W. Cortada


This text presents an historical examination of political fact-checking, highlighting how this is part of a larger phenomenon of online scrutiny that manifests itself in multiple forms. Reflecting the long history of “fake facts” in America, the book discusses important...

Parution : 2019-08-12
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Collection : History of Computing
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Télécharger le livre :  Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing
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Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing


William Aspray


This text examines in detail the issue of the underrepresentation of women, African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanics in the computing disciplines in the U.S. The work reviews the underlying causes, as well as the efforts of various nonprofit organizations to...

Parution : 2016-07-11
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Collection : History of Computing
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Télécharger le livre :  Participation in Computing
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Participation in Computing


William Aspray


This book provides a history of the efforts of the US National Science Foundation to broaden participation in computing. The book briefly discusses the early history of the NSF's involvement with education and workforce issues. It then turns to two programs outside the...

Parution : 2016-03-01
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Éditeur : Springer
Collection : History of Computing
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