The Computing Universe: A Journey through a RevolutionCambridge University Press, 8 dec 2014 Computers now impact almost every aspect of our lives, from our social interactions to the safety and performance of our cars. How did this happen in such a short time? And this is just the beginning. In this book, Tony Hey and Gyuri Pápay lead us on a journey from the early days of computers in the 1930s to the cutting-edge research of the present day that will shape computing in the coming decades. Along the way, they explain the ideas behind hardware, software, algorithms, Moore's Law, the birth of the personal computer, the Internet and the Web, the Turing Test, Jeopardy's Watson, World of Warcraft, spyware, Google, Facebook and quantum computing. This book also introduces the fascinating cast of dreamers and inventors who brought these great technological developments into every corner of the modern world. This exciting and accessible introduction will open up the universe of computing to anyone who has ever wondered where his or her smartphone came from. |
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... (Fig. 1.5). The lens was formed by accurately positioned explosives that ... (Fig.1.6). Fortunately, the vacuum tubes turned out to be far more reliable than B.1.2 ... group of students. Fig. 1.4 A section of the original ENIAC machine on ...
... (Fig. 1.5). The lens was formed by accurately positioned explosives that ... (Fig.1.6). Fortunately, the vacuum tubes turned out to be far more reliable than B.1.2 ... group of students. Fig. 1.4 A section of the original ENIAC machine on ...
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... group of students at the University of Pennsylvania. This 0.5 cm 2 chip can do the same computations as the original 30-ton computer in 1946. No other technology in the course of human history has achieved this pace of development. Fig ...
... group of students at the University of Pennsylvania. This 0.5 cm 2 chip can do the same computations as the original 30-ton computer in 1946. No other technology in the course of human history has achieved this pace of development. Fig ...
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... Fig. 1.12 The London Evening News from November 28, 1950, reporting the ... group at the Moore School and entitled “Draft Report on the EDVAC.” Comrie ... (Figs. 1.11 and 1.12), where his use of the word engine was a deliberate homage to ...
... Fig. 1.12 The London Evening News from November 28, 1950, reporting the ... group at the Moore School and entitled “Draft Report on the EDVAC.” Comrie ... (Figs. 1.11 and 1.12), where his use of the word engine was a deliberate homage to ...
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... (Fig. 1.13). There were thirty to forty invitation-only participants mainly from American companies, universities, and government agencies. Alone among the wartime allies, Britain was invited to participate in the summer school. The ...
... (Fig. 1.13). There were thirty to forty invitation-only participants mainly from American companies, universities, and government agencies. Alone among the wartime allies, Britain was invited to participate in the summer school. The ...
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... Fig.1.19 Memorial to Polish code breakers at Bletchley Park. Their ... business use. Bletchley Park, Enigma, and Colossus During World War II ... (Fig. 1.19), Turing helped develop electromechanical machines, known as bombes, which were ...
... Fig.1.19 Memorial to Polish code breakers at Bletchley Park. Their ... business use. Bletchley Park, Enigma, and Colossus During World War II ... (Fig. 1.19), Turing helped develop electromechanical machines, known as bombes, which were ...
Inhoudsopgave
The hardware | 34 |
Computer games | 174 |
The end of Moores law | 298 |
The third age of computing | 318 |
Computers and science fiction an essay | 333 |
xiii | 367 |
39 | 375 |
58 | 389 |
220 | 395 |
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