Transforming Computer Technology: Information Processing for the Pentagon, 1962-1986 - Rilegato

Norberg, Arthur L.; O'Neill, Judy E.; Freedman, Kerry J.

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ISBN 10: 0801851521 ISBN 13: 9780801851520

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1996

Riassunto

Examines the US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency during its heyday, and the impact it had on developments in computer science and engineering. Analyzes the management of the office, the origins and growth of important programs, and the interaction of the staff with the academic and industrial research and development communities. Emphasizes the agency's Information Processing Techniques Office role in executing cutting-edge research, and shows how by the 1990s the results had been assimilated into practical use in both military and civilian society. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Recensione:

"Solid and informative... An important contribution to the history of computing." -- Science

"An important contribution to both science-policy literature and the history of computing. It will find an appreciative readership in the technology-policy community, in innovation studies, and in computer science." -- Computing Reviews

L'autore:

Arthur L. Norberg and Judy E. O'Neill are the former director and associate director of the Charles Babbage Institute (CBI), Center for the History of Information Processing, University of Minnesota.

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0801851521
• ISBN 13: 9780801851520
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 360