The computer industry / Jeffrey R. Yost.

By: Yost, Jeffrey R [author]
Series: Emerging industries in the United StatesPublisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005Description: xxii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 0313328447 (alk. paper); 9780313328442Subject(s): Computer industry -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 338.4/7004 LOC classification: HD9696.2 .U62 | Y67 2005Online resources: Table of contents
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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