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A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Science and Technology
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As millions of people have been exposed to computing through the
tremendous growth of microcomputers, there has developed an
increasing appreciation of the history of data processing, which
dates back many decades before the arrival of the computer.
Stretching back to at least the 1860s, such early technologies as
adding machines, punch cards, and the office appliance industry are
now being recognized for their place in the history of the
information processing industry. This work brings together a
comprehensive list of sources that offer a general introduction to
the literature of the industry. Divided into nine chapters covering
topics and historical periods, the bibliography provides an
annotated list of published materials describing both the history
of the industry and significant items of general interest. Each
chapter is introduced with a short review of historically important
issues and comments on the literature, and contains contemporary
publications as well as more recent material. To give the work a
continuing usefulness, ongoing publications, such as computer
magazines, are highlighted. Entries are grouped under nearly 100
subheadings, covering such material as contemporary descriptions of
hardware and software of the past, seminal technical papers,
industry surveys, programming languages, significant individuals
and companies, and the role of Japan and microcomputing. All
citations are annotated with a brief summary of either the work's
contents or its historical importance, while two indexes provide
both subject references and author citations. This bibliography
will be an important reference source for courses in the history of
data processing and business history, and auseful addition to
public, college, and university libraries.
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