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The Innovation in Computing Companion - A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Inventions
von: Gerard O'Regan
Springer-Verlag, 2018
ISBN: 9783030026196 , 287 Seiten
Format: PDF, Online Lesen
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen
Preis: 28,88 EUR
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Dedication
5
Preface
6
Overview
6
Organization and Features
6
Audience
7
Acknowledgments
8
Contents
9
List of Figures
14
List of Tables
18
Chapter 1: Background
19
1.1 Introduction
19
1.2 Digital Computers
21
1.3 Hardware and Software
22
1.4 Innovations in Computing
22
Chapter 2: ABC Computer
25
Chapter 3: Ada Programming Language
28
3.1 The Ada Language
30
Chapter 4: Agile Methodology
31
Chapter 5: Amdahl 470 and 580 Computers
35
Chapter 6: Analytic and Difference Engines
38
6.1 Difference Engine
39
6.2 Analytic Engine
41
6.2.1 Applications of Analytic Engine
42
Chapter 7: Apple II and Macintosh Computers
44
Chapter 8: Artificial Intelligence and Applications
48
8.1 The Turing Test
48
8.2 Searle’s Chinese Room
49
8.3 Machine Translation
50
8.4 Driverless Cars
51
Chapter 9: Atari Video Games
53
9.1 Atari Computers
57
Chapter 10: Automated Teller Machine
58
Chapter 11: AXE System
61
Chapter 12: Binary Number System
64
12.1 Applications: Computer Representation of Sets
67
Chapter 13: Boolean Algebra and Digital Computing
68
13.1 Switching Circuits and Boolean Algebra
71
Chapter 14: C and C++ Programming Languages
74
14.1 C Programming Language
74
14.2 C++ Programming Language
78
Chapter 15: Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems
80
15.1 Software as a Service
81
15.2 Service-Oriented Architecture
82
15.3 Distributed Systems
83
Chapter 16: CMMI and Software Process Improvement
85
16.1 Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI)
88
Chapter 17: Colossus and Code Breaking at Bletchley Park
90
17.1 Vernam Cipher
94
Chapter 18: Commodore PET and 64 Computers
95
18.1 Commodore PET
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18.2 Commodore 64
97
18.3 The Demise of Commodore
98
Chapter 19: COBOL and Compilers
99
19.1 COBOL Programming Language
101
19.2 Compilers
102
Chapter 20: Databases
104
20.1 Hierarchical and Network Models
105
20.2 The Relational Model
106
20.3 Oracle Database
109
Chapter 21: DEC PDP-11 and VAX 11/780 Minicomputers
110
21.1 PDP-11 Minicomputer
111
21.2 The VAX 11/780 Minicomputer
112
Chapter 22: Digital Photography
114
22.1 Digital Cameras
115
Chapter 23: EDVAC and ENIAC Computers
119
23.1 EDVAC Computer
122
23.2 Controversy ABC and ENIAC
122
Chapter 24: Eliza Program
124
24.1 Eliza
125
24.2 Eliza and the Ethics of AI
127
Chapter 25: Email Communication
128
25.1 Invention of Email
129
25.2 Gmail
131
Chapter 26: E-Commerce
132
26.1 Formation of Dot Com Companies
133
26.1.1 Dot Com Failures
134
26.1.2 Bubble and Burst
135
Chapter 27: Formal Methods
138
Chapter 28: GPS
142
28.1 Basic Principles of GPS
144
28.2 Applications of GPS
145
Chapter 29: Graphical User Interface and Human-Computer Interaction
147
Chapter 30: Harvard Mark 1 Computer
151
Chapter 31: Hollerith’s Tabulating Machines and the Birth of IBM
154
Chapter 32: Integrated Circuit
157
32.1 Moore’s Law
159
32.2 Early Integrated Circuit Computers
160
Chapter 33: Internet
162
33.1 Birth of the Internet
164
33.2 Internet of Things
165
33.3 Internet of Money and Bitcoin
166
Chapter 34: Iridium System
168
Chapter 35: Java Programming Language
171
35.1 Java Virtual Machine
174
Chapter 36: LEO Computers
175
36.1 LEO I Computer
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36.2 LEO II and LEO III Computers
177
Chapter 37: Manchester Baby and Mark 1 Computers
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37.1 Manchester Mark 1
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37.2 Williams Tube
181
37.3 Ferranti Mark 1
182
Chapter 38: Microprocessor
183
38.1 Early Microprocessors
185
Chapter 39: Mobile Phone
187
39.1 Development of Mobile Phone Standards
189
Chapter 40: Mouse
192
Chapter 41: MP3 Player and Digital Music
195
41.1 Digital Music
195
Chapter 42: MS/DOS Operating System
198
42.1 Licensing CP/M to IBM
200
Chapter 43: Office Software
202
43.1 Microsoft Excel
203
43.2 Microsoft PowerPoint
204
43.3 Microsoft Word
204
43.4 Microsoft Access and Outlook
205
Chapter 44: Open-Source Software
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44.1 Free Software Foundation
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44.2 GNU
209
Chapter 45: Object-Oriented Paradigm
210
Chapter 46: Personal and Home Computers
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46.1 Home Computers
215
Chapter 47: Robotics
217
47.1 Robots and Ethics
220
47.2 Robots and Intelligence
221
Chapter 48: Smartphones and Social Media
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48.1 The Smartphone
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48.2 The Facebook Revolution
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48.3 The Tweet
227
48.4 Social Media and Fake News
229
Chapter 49: Software Inspection Methodology
231
49.1 Fagan Inspection Process
232
Chapter 50: Software Life Cycles
235
50.1 Spiral Life Cycles
236
50.2 Rational Unified Process
236
Chapter 51: The System/360 Revolution
239
51.1 Background to the System/360
240
51.2 The IBM System/360
241
Chapter 52: Transistor
245
52.1 Early Transistor Computers
247
Chapter 53: UNIX Operating System
249
53.1 UNIX Shell
250
53.2 UNIX Kernel
251
Chapter 54: Von Neumann Architecture
252
Chapter 55: Wi-Fi Technology
255
55.1 Wi-Fi Security
257
Chapter 56: Wikipedia
258
56.1 Wikipedia Quality Controls
260
Chapter 57: World Wide Web
262
Chapter 58: Z3 and Z4 Computers
266
58.1 The Z1–Z3 Machines
267
58.2 The Z4 Machine
268
58.3 Plankalkül
269
Chapter 59: Epilogue
271
59.1 What Next in Computing?
272
Test Yourself (Quiz 1)
273
Test Yourself (Quiz 2)
274
Test Yourself (Quiz 3)
275
Glossary
276
References
281
Index
284