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The computer industry

Author: Jeffrey R Yost
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.
Series: Emerging industries in the United States
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jeffrey R Yost
ISBN: 0313328447 9780313328442
OCLC Number: 57670044
Description: xxii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. The prehistory of the computer industry, 1880-1939 -- 2. The advent of the mainframe digital computer, 1940-1957 -- 3. Broadening scale and scope of the mainframe computer industry, 1957-1965 -- 4. The industry's supercomputing and minicomputing sectors, 1957-1975 -- 5. The rise of software as a service, product, business, and industry, 1958-1975 -- 6. Infrastructure for long-term change, 1962-1975 -- 7. The personal computer and PC software, 1975-1990 -- 8. The computer networking revolution and the computer industry, 1990-2004 -- Conclusion: looking backwards and looking ahead.
Series Title: Emerging industries in the United States
Responsibility: Jeffrey R. Yost.
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