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  • A New History of Modern Computing

    by Thomas Haigh, Paul E. Ceruzzi ...
    Series series History of Computing
    How the computer became universal.Over the past fifty years, the computer has been transformed from a hulking scientific supertool and data processing workhorse, remote from the experiences of ordinary people, to a diverse family of devices that billions rely on to play games, shop, stream music and movies, communicate, and count their steps. In A New History of Modern Computing, Thomas Haigh and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Exploring the Early Digital

    Edited by Thomas Haigh ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    Changes in the present challenge us to reinterpret the past, but historians have not yet come to grips with the convergence of computing, media, and communications technology. Today these things are inextricably intertwined, in technologies such as the smartphone and internet, in convergent industries, and in social practices. Yet they remain three distinct historical subfields, tilled by ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • ENIAC in Action

    Making and Remaking the Modern Computer

    by Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, Crispin Rope ...
    Series series History of Computing
    The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore.Conceived in 1943, completed in 1945, and decommissioned in 1955, ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first general-purpose programmable electronic computer. But ENIAC was more than just a milestone on the road to the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    And How It Will Revolutionize Everything

    by Matthew Ball ...
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    $20.59 USD

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  • Computing

    A Concise History

    by Paul E. Ceruzzi ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    Discover the history of computing through 4 major threads of development in this compact, accessible history covering punch cards, Silicon Valley, smartphones, and much more.In an accessible style, computer historian Paul Ceruzzi offers a broad though detailed history of computing, from the first use of the word “digital” in 1942 to the development of punch cards and the first general purpose ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know

    by Tom Chatfield ...
    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    We are in the throes of a revolution, yet most of us are so disorientated by the rapid pace of technological and cultural change that we find it difficult to understand what's going on. 50 Digital Ideas you Really Need to Know provides a clear path through the confusion and misinformation surrounding those technologies that, for better or for worse, are transforming the world we live in and even ... Read more

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  • From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg

    What You Really Need to Know About the Internet

    by John Naughton ...
    We've gone from regarding the Net as something exotic to something that we take for granted, like mains electricity or running water. Yet most people have no idea how the network functions, nor any conception of its architecture; and few can explain why it has been - and continues to be - so uniquely disruptive in social, economic and cultural contexts. John Naughton has been thinking, arguing, ... Read more

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  • Big Data

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Dawn E. Holmes ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Since long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world. Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population, the amount of data generated each day became huge, and continues to grow exponentially. It includes all our uploaded documents, video, and photos, all our social media traffic, our ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • "You Are Not Expected to Understand This"

    How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World

    Edited by Torie Bosch ...
    Leading technologists, historians, and journalists reveal the stories behind the computer coding that touches all aspects of life—for better or worseFew of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word “code” makes it sound immutable or even inevitable. “You Are Not Expected to Understand This” demonstrates that, far from being preordained, computer code is the result ... Read more

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  • Zero Day

    The Threat in Cyberspace: A Special Investigation

    by The Washington Post, Robert O'Harrow ...
    Will the world's next war be fought in cyberspace?"It's going to happen," said former National Defense University Professor Dan Kuehl.So much of the world's activity takes place on the internet now– including commerce, banking and communications- that the Pentagon has declared war in cyberspace an inevitability. For more than a year, Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow has explored the ... Read more

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  • Understanding the Digital World

    What You Need to Know about Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security, Second Edition

    by Brian W. Kernighan ...
    A brand-new edition of the popular introductory textbook that explores how computer hardware, software, and networks workComputers are everywhere. Some are highly visible, in laptops, tablets, cell phones, and smart watches. But most are invisible, like those in appliances, cars, medical equipment, transportation systems, power grids, and weapons. We never see the myriad computers that quietly ... Read more

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  • A History of Modern Computing, second edition

    by Paul E. Ceruzzi ...
    Series series History of Computing
    From the first digital computer to the dot-com crash—a story of individuals, institutions, and the forces that led to a series of dramatic transformations.This engaging history covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the dot-com crash. The author concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late ... Read more

    $28.99 USD