The computer industry

Author(s)

• Yost, Jeffrey R.

Bibliographic Information

The computer industry

Jeffrey R. Yost

（Emerging industries in the United States）

Greenwood Press, 2005

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• 1. The prehistory of the computer industry, 1880-1939
• 2. The advent of the mainframe digital computer, 1940-1957
• 3. Broadening scale and scope of the mainframe computer industry, 1957-1965
• 4. The industry's supercomputing and minicomputing sectors, 1957-1975
• 5. The rise of software as a service, product, business, and industry, 1958-1975
• 6. Infrastructure for long-term change, 1962-1975
• 7. The personal computer and PC software, 1975-1990
• 8. The computer networking revolution and the computer industry, 1990-2004
• Conclusion: looking backwards and looking ahead

Details

• NCID: BA72659236
• ISBN:
  • 0313328447
• LCCN: 2005004196
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 264 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD9696.2.U62
  • DC22 : 338.4/7004/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Computer industry -- United States -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA60490127