ENIAC in Action
Making and Remaking the Modern Computer
The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore.Conceived in 1943, completed in 1945, and decommissioned in 1955, ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first general-purpose programmable electronic computer. But ENIAC was more than just a milestone on the road to the modern computer. During its decade of operational life, ENIAC calculated sines and cosines and tested for statistical outliers, plotted the trajectories of bombs and shells, and ran the first numerical weather simulations. ENIAC in Action tells the who…
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Weitere Autoren: Priestley, Mark (Honorary Research Associate, University College London) / Rope, Crispin
- ISBN: 978-0-262-53517-5
- EAN: 9780262535175
- Produktnummer: 24021755
- Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 366 S.
- Masse: H17.8 cm x B22.9 cm x D2.2 cm 584 g
- Abbildungen: 43 b 86 Illustrations, unspecified
- Gewicht: 584
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Thomas Haigh is Associate Professor of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.Mark Priestley is an independent researcher.Crispin Rope is an independent researcher.
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