| 书目名称 | Early Computing in Britain | | 副标题 | Ferranti Ltd. and Go | | 编辑 | Simon Lavington | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Examines the interactions and influences between the important computing innovators on both sides of the Atlantic during the seminal period 1945 to 1949.Analyses the hardware and software details of F | | 丛书名称 | History of Computing | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This unique book presents the story of the pioneering manufacturing company Ferranti Ltd. – producer of the first commercially-available computers – and of the nine end-user organisations who purchased these machines with government help in the period 1951 to 1957. The text presents personal reminiscences from many of the diverse engineers, programmers and marketing staff who contributed to this important episode in the emergence of modern computers, further illustrated by numerous historical photographs. Considerable technical details are also supplied in the appendices..Topics and features: provides the historical background to the Ferranti Mark I, including the contributions of von Neumann and Turing, and the prototype known as .The Baby.; describes the transfer of technologies from academia to industry and the establishment of Ferranti’s computer production resources; reviews Ferranti’s efforts to adapt their computers for sale to business and commercial markets,and to introduce competitive new products; covers the use of early Ferranti computers for defence applications in different government establishments in the UK, including GCHQ Cheltenham; discusses the installation and | | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | | 关键词 | Early Computers; British Computers; Ferranti Computers; Mark I; Mark I* | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15103-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-15105-8 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-15103-4Series ISSN 2190-6831 Series E-ISSN 2190-684X | | issn_series | 2190-6831 | | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 |
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