Author: Arvid W. Jacobson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic data processing
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Proceedings of the First Conference on Training Personnel for the Computing Machine Field
Author: Arvid W. Jacobson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic data processing
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic data processing
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Computer Boys Take Over
Author: Nathan L. Ensmenger
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262302829
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The contentious history of the computer programmers who developed the software that made the computer revolution possible. This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and the people who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines, inventors, or entrepreneurs. Instead, it tells the story of the vast but largely anonymous legions of computer specialists—programmers, systems analysts, and other software developers—who transformed the electronic computer from a scientific curiosity into the defining technology of the modern era. As the systems that they built became increasingly powerful and ubiquitous, these specialists became the focus of a series of critiques of the social and organizational impact of electronic computing. To many of their contemporaries, it seemed the “computer boys” were taking over, not just in the corporate setting, but also in government, politics, and society in general. In The Computer Boys Take Over, Nathan Ensmenger traces the rise to power of the computer expert in modern American society. His rich and nuanced portrayal of the men and women (a surprising number of the “computer boys” were, in fact, female) who built their careers around the novel technology of electronic computing explores issues of power, identity, and expertise that have only become more significant in our increasingly computerized society. In his recasting of the drama of the computer revolution through the eyes of its principle revolutionaries, Ensmenger reminds us that the computerization of modern society was not an inevitable process driven by impersonal technological or economic imperatives, but was rather a creative, contentious, and above all, fundamentally human development.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262302829
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The contentious history of the computer programmers who developed the software that made the computer revolution possible. This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and the people who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines, inventors, or entrepreneurs. Instead, it tells the story of the vast but largely anonymous legions of computer specialists—programmers, systems analysts, and other software developers—who transformed the electronic computer from a scientific curiosity into the defining technology of the modern era. As the systems that they built became increasingly powerful and ubiquitous, these specialists became the focus of a series of critiques of the social and organizational impact of electronic computing. To many of their contemporaries, it seemed the “computer boys” were taking over, not just in the corporate setting, but also in government, politics, and society in general. In The Computer Boys Take Over, Nathan Ensmenger traces the rise to power of the computer expert in modern American society. His rich and nuanced portrayal of the men and women (a surprising number of the “computer boys” were, in fact, female) who built their careers around the novel technology of electronic computing explores issues of power, identity, and expertise that have only become more significant in our increasingly computerized society. In his recasting of the drama of the computer revolution through the eyes of its principle revolutionaries, Ensmenger reminds us that the computerization of modern society was not an inevitable process driven by impersonal technological or economic imperatives, but was rather a creative, contentious, and above all, fundamentally human development.
Proceedings of the Conference on Training Personnel for the Computing Machine Field
Author: Wayne University
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Proceedings of the Conference on Training Personnel for the Computing Machine Field
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Predicting the Winner
Author: Ira Chinoy
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1640125965
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
"Predicting the Winner is a riveting narrative about election night 1952, when Dwight David Eisenhower won in a landslide and was elected president of the United States"--
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1640125965
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
"Predicting the Winner is a riveting narrative about election night 1952, when Dwight David Eisenhower won in a landslide and was elected president of the United States"--
History of Programming Languages
Author: Richard L. Wexelblat
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483266168
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
History of Programming Languages presents information pertinent to the technical aspects of the language design and creation. This book provides an understanding of the processes of language design as related to the environment in which languages are developed and the knowledge base available to the originators. Organized into 14 sections encompassing 77 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the programming techniques to use to help the system produce efficient programs. This text then discusses how to use parentheses to help the system identify identical subexpressions within an expression and thereby eliminate their duplicate calculation. Other chapters consider FORTRAN programming techniques needed to produce optimum object programs. This book discusses as well the developments leading to ALGOL 60. The final chapter presents the biography of Adin D. Falkoff. This book is a valuable resource for graduate students, practitioners, historians, statisticians, mathematicians, programmers, as well as computer scientists and specialists.
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483266168
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
History of Programming Languages presents information pertinent to the technical aspects of the language design and creation. This book provides an understanding of the processes of language design as related to the environment in which languages are developed and the knowledge base available to the originators. Organized into 14 sections encompassing 77 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the programming techniques to use to help the system produce efficient programs. This text then discusses how to use parentheses to help the system identify identical subexpressions within an expression and thereby eliminate their duplicate calculation. Other chapters consider FORTRAN programming techniques needed to produce optimum object programs. This book discusses as well the developments leading to ALGOL 60. The final chapter presents the biography of Adin D. Falkoff. This book is a valuable resource for graduate students, practitioners, historians, statisticians, mathematicians, programmers, as well as computer scientists and specialists.
A Bibliography of Public Personnel Administration Literature. Supplement, No.1-8
Author: United States Civil Service Commission. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A Bibliography of Public Personnel Administration Literature
Author: United States Civil Service Commission. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Personnel Applications of Automatic Data Processing
Author: United States Civil Service Commission. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic data processing
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic data processing
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Computing and the National Science Foundation, 1950-2016
Author: Peter A. Freeman
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
ISBN: 1450372740
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This organizational history relates the role of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the development of modern computing. Drawing upon new and existing oral histories, extensive use of NSF documents, and the experience of two of the authors as senior managers, this book describes how NSF’s programmatic activities originated and evolved to become the primary source of funding for fundamental research in computing and information technologies. The book traces how NSF's support has provided facilities and education for computing usage by all scientific disciplines, aided in institution and professional community building, supported fundamental research in computer science and allied disciplines, and led the efforts to broaden participation in computing by all segments of society. Today, the research and infrastructure facilitated by NSF computing programs are significant economic drivers of American society and industry. For example, NSF supported work that led to the first widely-used web browser, Netscape; sponsored the creation of algorithms at the core of the Google search engine; facilitated the growth of the public Internet; and funded research on the scientific basis for countless other applications and technologies. NSF has advanced the development of human capital and ideas for future advances in computing and its applications. This account is the first comprehensive coverage of NSF's role in the extraordinary growth and expansion of modern computing and its use. It will appeal to historians of computing, policy makers and leaders in government and academia, and individuals interested in the history and development of computing and the NSF.
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
ISBN: 1450372740
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This organizational history relates the role of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the development of modern computing. Drawing upon new and existing oral histories, extensive use of NSF documents, and the experience of two of the authors as senior managers, this book describes how NSF’s programmatic activities originated and evolved to become the primary source of funding for fundamental research in computing and information technologies. The book traces how NSF's support has provided facilities and education for computing usage by all scientific disciplines, aided in institution and professional community building, supported fundamental research in computer science and allied disciplines, and led the efforts to broaden participation in computing by all segments of society. Today, the research and infrastructure facilitated by NSF computing programs are significant economic drivers of American society and industry. For example, NSF supported work that led to the first widely-used web browser, Netscape; sponsored the creation of algorithms at the core of the Google search engine; facilitated the growth of the public Internet; and funded research on the scientific basis for countless other applications and technologies. NSF has advanced the development of human capital and ideas for future advances in computing and its applications. This account is the first comprehensive coverage of NSF's role in the extraordinary growth and expansion of modern computing and its use. It will appeal to historians of computing, policy makers and leaders in government and academia, and individuals interested in the history and development of computing and the NSF.