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From mainframes to smartphones : a history of the international computer industry / Martin Campbell-Kelly, Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 240 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674286535
  • 9781786846280
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD9696 .F766 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Product differentiation, software, and services -- The international computer industry -- IBM's system/360 in the American market -- IBM's system/370 in the American market -- International reactions to system/360 and system/370 -- Microcomputers and personal computers in the American market -- Beyond personal computers in the American market -- International developments -- Software and services -- Computer hardware -- Globalization.
Subject: "The aim of this book is to provide a compact and up-to-date business and economic history of the computer industry. The reader we have in mind is someone who wants to make a "quick study" of the computer industry ... In our quest for brevity, we have assumed that our readers are themselves information-technology users and are familiar with the everyday vocabulary of computing (such as "operating systems," "disk drives," and "broadband"), and that they are aware of recent gadgetry such as tablet computers and smartphones"--Page 1.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction HD9696.2.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn911034192

Includes bibliographies and index.

The mainframe computer industry -- Product differentiation, software, and services -- The international computer industry -- IBM's system/360 in the American market -- IBM's system/370 in the American market -- International reactions to system/360 and system/370 -- Microcomputers and personal computers in the American market -- Beyond personal computers in the American market -- International developments -- Software and services -- Computer hardware -- Globalization.

"The aim of this book is to provide a compact and up-to-date business and economic history of the computer industry. The reader we have in mind is someone who wants to make a "quick study" of the computer industry ... In our quest for brevity, we have assumed that our readers are themselves information-technology users and are familiar with the everyday vocabulary of computing (such as "operating systems," "disk drives," and "broadband"), and that they are aware of recent gadgetry such as tablet computers and smartphones"--Page 1.

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