Computing
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Computing: A Historical and Technical Perspective
By Yoshihide Igarashi, Tom Altman, Mariko FunadaHe worked as a schoolmaster for 15 years until 1849, when he became the first professor of mathematics at Queen's University in Cork, Ireland (now University College Cork). Boole introduced the algebra oflogic in his book Mathematical ...
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Computing: The Technology of Information
By Anthony Dodd, Tony DoddWine producers use a binary scale for bottling champagne : two bottles make a magnum , two magnums make a jeroboam , two jeroboams make a methuselah and two methuselahs a balthazar . MOËT BRUT IMPÉR Magnum BRUT PER AL BRUT IMPS Bottle ...
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Computing: A Concise History
By Paul E. CeruzziThe history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software, or the story of the Internet, or the story of “smart” hand-held devices, with subplots involving IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Computing: A Historical and Technical Perspective
By Yoshihide Igarashi, Tom Altman, Mariko FunadaNapier's logarithms (hereafter denoted by Nap.log) are not those logarithms used today. His logarithms are symbolically expressed ... If a:b = c:d, then Nap.log a + Nap.log d = Nap.log b + Nap.log c. 2. If a:b = b:c, then Nap.log a = 2 ...
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Computing: A Concise History
By Paul E. CeruzziCeruzzi identifies 4 major threads that run throughout all of computing’s technological development: • Digitization: the coding of information, computation, and control in binary form • The convergence of multiple streams of ...
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Computing: A Historical and Technical Perspective
By Yoshihide Igarashi, Tom Altman, Mariko FunadaBy bringing together the historical and technical aspects of computing, this book enables readers to gain a deep appreciation of the long evolutionary processes of the field developed over thousands of years.