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History of Computing

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A New History of Modern Computing

(Paperback)

By: Thomas Haigh

ISBN: 9780262542906
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"Bringing the history of modern computing fully up to date, from new applications to scientific computation to video games and the ubiquitous smartphone."--

Cellular: An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry

(Paperback)

By: Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz

ISBN: 9780262543927
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"Technical, policy, economic, and business history of the global mobile phone industry over four decades"--

ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer

(Paperback)

By: Thomas Haigh

ISBN: 9780262535175
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore.

For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution

(Hardback)

By: Christopher Tozzi

ISBN: 9780262036474
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The free and open source software movement, from its origins in hacker culture, through the development of GNU and Linux, to its commercial use today.

From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry

(Paperback)

By: Martin Campbell-Kelly

ISBN: 9780262532624
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2004
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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A business history of the software industry from the days of custom programming to the age of mass-market software and video games.

IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon

(Paperback)

By: James W. Cortada

ISBN: 9780262547826
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry

(Hardback)

By: Jeffrey R. Yost

ISBN: 9780262036726
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The evolution of the multi-billion-dollar computer services industry, from consulting and programming to data analytics and cloud computing, with case studies of important companies.

IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon

(Hardback)

By: James W. Cortada

ISBN: 9780262039444
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2019
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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A history of one of the most influential American companies of the last century.