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Computer by Martin Campbell-Kelly, William Aspray · Booklabria

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Martin Campbell-Kelly, William Aspray
Computer

HistoryHistoire

Computer

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First published: 2004
Language: English
Editions: 2

Synopsis

This history of the computer explores the roots of the industry's development, tracing not only the development of the machine itself--beginning with Charles Babbage's 1833 mechanical prototype--but also chronicling the effects of manufacturing and sales innovations by companies that made the boom possible.

Subjects: History
Histoire
Historia
Computers
Electronic data processing
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