From Mainframes to Smartphones

From Mainframes to Smartphones
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9780674729063
ISBN-13 : 0674729064
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Book Synopsis From Mainframes to Smartphones by : Martin Campbell-Kelly

Download or read book From Mainframes to Smartphones written by Martin Campbell-Kelly and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences.


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