| 书目名称 | The Innovation in Computing Companion | | 副标题 | A Compendium of Sele | | 编辑 | Gerard O’Regan | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Presents a selection of inventions that have shaped the field of computing.Accessible to a general audience.Enables the reader to gain a greater appreciation of the digital age.Includes “Test Yourself | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This encyclopedic reference provides a concise and engaging overview of the groundbreaking inventions and conceptual innovations that have shaped the field of computing, and the technology that runs the modern world. Each alphabetically-ordered entry presents a brief account of a pivotal innovation and the great minds behind it, selected from a wide range of diverse topics..Topics and features:.Describes the development of Babbage’s computing machines, Leibniz’s binary arithmetic, Boole’s symbolic logic, and Von Neumann architecture.Reviews a range of historical analog and digital computers, significant mainframes and minicomputers, and pioneering home and personal computers.Discusses a selection of programming languages and operating systems, along with key concepts in software engineering and commercial computing.Examines the invention of the transistor, the integrated circuit, and the microprocessor.Relates the history of such developments in personal computing as the mouse, the GUI, Atari video games, and Microsoft Office.Surveys innovations in communications, covering mobile phones, WiFi, the Internet and World Wide Web, e-commerce, smartphones, social media, and GPS.Presents | | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | | 关键词 | Computing; Innovation; Artificial intelligence; Databases; Analog devices | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02619-6 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-02618-9 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-02619-6 | | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018 |
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