The First Computers: History and Architectures

by Ulf Hashagen

Book Overview

This history of computing focuses not on chronology (what came first and who deserves credit for it) but on the actual architectures of the first machines that made electronic computing a practical reality. The book covers computers built in the United States, Germany, England, and Japan. It makes clear that similar concepts were often pursued simultaneously and that the early researchers explored many architectures beyond the von Neumann architecture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262681374
• ISBN13: 9780262681377
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher