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" Bit by bit : "
by Stan Augarten.
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BL
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639277
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Augarten, Stan.
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| Title & Author
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Bit by bit : : an illustrated history of computers /\ by Stan Augarten.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, N.Y. :: Ticknor & Fields,, 1984.
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324 p. :: ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ;; 27 cm.
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0899192688
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: 9780899192680
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: 0899193021 (pbk.)
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: 9780899193021 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-309) and index.
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| Contents
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The first mechanical calculators -- The engines of Charles Babbage -- The bridge between two centuries -- The invention of ENIAC -- The stored-program computer -- The rise of IBM -- The Whirlwind Project -- The integrated circuit -- The personal computer -- Epilogue: the lesson of history -- Appendix: the FBI dossier of John William Mauchly -- Chronology of the history of computers.
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| Abstract
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Tells the story of the development of computers, plus the men and women who shaped its history.
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Computers-- History.
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QA76.17.A94 1984
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