Indice: Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: defining computer. 1. The advent of commercial computing, 1945-1956 2. Computing comes of age, 1956-1964 3. The early history of software, 1952-1968 4. From mainframe to minicomputer, 1959-1969 5. The go-go years and the system/360, 1961-1975 6. The chip and its impact, 1965-1975 7. The personal computers, 1972-1977 8. Augmenting human intellect, 1975-1985 9. Workstations UNIX and the Net, 1981-1995. Conclusion: the digitization of the world picture. Notes. Bibliography. Index
