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Tracing the story of computing from Babylonian counting boards to smartphones, this inspiring textbook 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. Features: provides chapter introductions, summaries, key topics, and review questions; includes an introduction to analogue and digital computers, and to the foundations of computing; examines the contributions of ancient civilisations to the field of computing; covers the first digital computers, and the earliest commercial computers, mainframes and minicomputers; describes the early development of the integrated circuit and the microprocessor; reviews the emergence of home computers; discusses 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 databases.

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Dr. Gerard O'Regan is a CMMI software process improvement consultant with research interests including software quality and software process improvement, mathematical approaches to software quality, and the history of computing. He is the author of such Springer titles as A Brief History of ComputingPillars of Computing, Giants of ComputingMathematics in Computing, Introduction to Software QualityIntroduction to Software Process Improvement, and Mathematical Approaches to Software Quality.

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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.

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  • 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 personalcomputer
  • 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 databases

This 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.

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