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The First Computers - History and Architectures (Paperback, Revised) Loot Price: R1,593
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The First Computers - History and Architectures (Paperback, Revised): Raul Rojas, Ulf Hashagen, William Aspray, Thomas J. Misa

The First Computers - History and Architectures (Paperback, Revised)

Raul Rojas, Ulf Hashagen, William Aspray, Thomas J. Misa

Series: History of Computing

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This history of computing focuses not on chronology (what came first and who deserves credit for it) but on the actual architectures of the first machines that made electronic computing a practical reality. The book covers computers built in the United States, Germany, England, and Japan. It makes clear that similar concepts were often pursued simultaneously and that the early researchers explored many architectures beyond the von Neumann architecture that eventually became canonical. The contributors include not only historians but also engineers and computer pioneers.An introductory chapter describes the elements of computer architecture and explains why "being first" is even less interesting for computers than for other areas of technology. The essays contain a remarkable amount of new material, even on well-known machines, and several describe reconstructions of the historic machines. These investigations are of more than simply historical interest, for architectures designed to solve specific problems in the past may suggest new approaches to similar problems in today's machines.Contributors: Titiimaea F. Ala'ilima, Lin Ping Ang, William Aspray, Friedrich L. Bauer, Andreas Brennecke, Chris P. Burton, Martin Campbell-Kelly, Paul Ceruzzi, I. Bernard Cohen, John Gustafson, Wilhelm Hopmann, Harry D. Huskey, Friedrich W. Kistermann, Thomas Lange, Michael S. Mahoney, R. B. E. Napper, Seiichi Okoma, Hartmut Petzold, Raul Rojas, Anthony E. Sale, Robert W. Seidel, Ambros P. Speiser, Frank H. Sumner, James F. Tau, Jan Van der Spiegel, Eiiti Wada, Michael R. Williams."

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Imprint: MIT Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: History of Computing
Release date: July 2002
First published: 2002
Editors: Raul Rojas • Ulf Hashagen • William Aspray (Professor) • Thomas J. Misa (Director)
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 472
Edition: Revised
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-68137-7
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General
Books > Computing & IT > Computer hardware & operating systems > Computer architecture & logic design > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
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LSN: 0-262-68137-4
Barcode: 9780262681377

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