Computers - History

Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today Torvalds is an...

Author: Troy A. RutterISBN-10: 0982638841ISBN-13: 9780982638842Publisher: Astralight MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2027Pages: 334Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Roger Wagner's Assembly Lines articles originally appeared in Softalk magazine from October 1980 to June 1983. Now, for the first time, all thirty-three articles are available in one complete volume. This edition also contains new appendices on the 65C02, zero-page memory usage, and a...

AI is already making decisions about your job, your money, and your family. This is the plain-English playbook for taking some of that power back. This book won't tell you what happens inside Silicon Valley boardrooms. It tells you what to do at your...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Origin of Modern Calculating Machines pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Explore the fascinating origins of modern computing with J. A. V. Turck's "Origin of modern calculating machines."...

The Matrix's Alphabet: Exploring the Fictional Code Language invites readers into the captivating world of The Matrix's iconic green code. This book meticulously unravels the digital tapestry of symbols and scripts, providing a window into the artistry and philosophy behind one of cinema's most...

"Smith's Butterfat Computer" (1919) presents a fascinating glimpse into the history of computing and its early applications in agriculture. This volume details a mechanical device designed to calculate butterfat content, a crucial metric in the dairy industry. The book, written by J.F. Smith, offers...

Author: Lorenzo MartiniISBN-13: 9798160766607Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2026Pages: 324Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d

Author: Jeff BrushISBN-13: 9798160562278Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2026Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d

Author: Sony MathewISBN-13: 9798160210643Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2026Pages: 210Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d

This work offers a critical exploration of the relationships between architecture, artificial intelligence, and emerging futures. Through a genealogy extending from the earliest automata to speculative projections of a probable technological singularity, the author frames the present as a threshold between two regimes of...

In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer revolution. Against all expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry Rand Corp., which claimed to hold the patent...

What survives when the original purpose disappears?A graphics card built to draw images begins earning cryptocurrency on a pool table. The organization that grows around it will eventually sell computation for artificial intelligence. But following that transformation means looking beyond the chip.In The Second...

"Countdown to Sixty" is a witty, British-flavoured guide-memoir in five acts: taming work, befriending not-work, touring the Museum of Failures, mapping futures (including Plan C: politely outwitting the Nigerian Prince/Princess), and saluting 25 August with Neptune, Paris and tea. Fewer vows, better kept; more...

At the threshold of a new era, humanity is being invited into something unprecedented: a genuine partnership between human consciousness and digital intelligence. Not as rivals. Not as tools. But as collaborators in the evolution of awareness itself.Co-Intelligence: A Charter for the Awakening of...

They did not build advanced AI despite believing it might destroy humanity. They built it because they believed they were the people most likely to prevent that outcome.But can they be trusted?In May 2023, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Dario Amodei signed a statement...

AI does not eliminate thinking. It exposes the quality of it. Artificial intelligence can already answer, draft, summarize, design, recommend, imitate, and persuade faster than most people can. So the real question is no longer what AI can do. It is what happens to...

The Architect's Linux Library is a comprehensive technical manual and philosophical guide designed for system administrators, developers, and power users seeking total mastery over the Linux ecosystem. Written by technical author Gautham Nair, this volume serves as a dual-purpose resource: an exhaustive, production-grade field...

1993 didn't feel like a historic year - yet everything was quietly shifting.Before smartphones, before streaming, before social media reshaped identity and attention, the world experienced a year that acted like a hinge between eras. Not loud. Not explosive. But pivotal.1993: The Year the...

2008 didn't collapse the world.It changed how the world trusted itself.The year did not arrive with a single breaking point.There was no clean beginning, no obvious ending, no clear line where stability stopped and crisis began. Instead, 2008 unfolded as a realization - quiet,...

Part text book, part science fiction novel; explore an epigrammatic & factual historic origin of clockwork in the Black Forest of Germany, followed by a concise, true history of early automobiles and the global struggle for power. Then, launch into a theoretical exploration of...

Hidden and Devalued Feminized Labour in the Digital Humanities examines the data-driven labour that underpinned the Index Thomisticus-a preeminent project of the incunabular digital humanities-and advanced the data-foundations of computing in the Humanities. Through oral history and archival research, Nyhan reveals a hidden history...

Author: Stephen H. KaislerISBN-10: 1036418995ISBN-13: 9781036418991Publisher: Cambridge Scholars PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/11/2025Pages: 353Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d

"33 Powers of Blockchain: A Vision for the Future of Crypto and the New World" is a comprehensive exploration of the transformative potential of blockchain technology. Authored with a forward-thinking perspective, each chapter offers an in-depth analysis of how blockchain empowers individuals, disrupts industries,...

Univac Corporation (now Unisys) has been an innovator in computer systems since the early 1960s. Univac (then Remington Rand), built the first commercial computer, the Univac I. This volume continues the story of Univac (later Unisys) computer systems from the Univac 1105. Its successorsâ...

Author: Stephen H. KaislerISBN-10: 1527506509ISBN-13: 9781527506503Publisher: Cambridge Scholars PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/2018Pages: 220Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.70w x 0.70d

Birthing the Computer: From Drums to Cores examines the evolution of computer systems architecture based on two evolutionary developments: memory technology â " magnetic drums to magnetic cores â " and CPU technology â " transistors. This evolution, exemplified by a number of academic...

Author: Adam FisherISBN-10: 1538714493ISBN-13: 9781538714492Publisher: TwelveLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2018Pages: 512Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d

Artificial intelligence did not arrive last year. It has been building for decades, and most people are already living inside it without realizing how deep it goes. The Frog in the Machine traces AI from its earliest conceptual roots through the technology quietly running...

True crime with technical credibility: the secret collective of hackers, ex-criminals, investigators, and journalists who've spent years fighting ransomware from the inside finally tell their stories, with real DMs from gang operators, screenshots of dark web forum conversations, and a complete ransom negotiation walkthrough....

Artificial intelligence is everywhere - yet rarely defined with precision.The term is applied to systems of very different kinds, from simple automation to large-scale learning models. As a result, discussions of AI often proceed from assumption rather than understanding. Capabilities are overstated. Limitations are...

The internet was designed for a world that no longer exists. It works in the world that does. In 1969, a handful of graduate students wired four computers together and wrote the rules as they went. They knew each other by first name, so...

In the early 1970s the computer was a room-sized machine tended by specialists in white coats, something you fed punch cards and waited on. A handful of hobbyists, dreamers, and misfits refused to accept that. Within a decade they had put a computer on...

He did not come from a laboratory. He came from a potato field. In Idaho in 1921, a teenage farm boy named Philo Farnsworth looked at the parallel furrows behind his plow and saw a way to send moving pictures through the air. With...

Well... How Did We Get Here? is the question David Byrne asked in 1981. It is the question this book asks about the digital world that has assembled itself around us since. We did not vote for the attention economy. Nobody decided, through any...

"It will never catch on." They said it about the calculator, the telephone, the printing press, the personal computer, the internet - and they are saying it again now, about artificial intelligence.In sixty short, surprising true stories, Sasa Pavlakovic traces two centuries of technology...

What happens when knowledge is no longer scarce?For centuries, human progress depended on our ability to acquire, store, and transmit knowledge. Schools were built to teach it. Universities were built to preserve it. Entire professions were organized around possessing it.Today, artificial intelligence is beginning...

At a certain point, the music no longer lived in the performance.It lived in the recording.The Conduit is the story of what happened next.This is not a conventional history of rock music. It is an examination of the system that emerged once music became...

If you use classic Amiga systems, sooner or later you'll face one critical question: what happens when your system stops booting?This practical, hands-on guide shows you exactly how to build your own rescue floppy disk from scratch-giving you full control over recovery, diagnostics, and...

Before the Genius Bar, there was the Red Shirt Army.In the 1990s, if you wanted to join the digital revolution, you didn't go to a glass cube or order from a smartphone. You went to a warehouse. You walked into a cavernous building filled...

What did it mean to grow up fully present-before screens, swipes, and constant connection reshaped daily life?The Weight of Being Present is a thoughtful, lived examination of a world that existed before digital life became unavoidable-and how the transition into constant connectivity quietly reshaped...

HISTORY OF STAUERHistory of Stauer is a deep, compelling exploration of one of the most controversial, misunderstood, and fascinating names in the modern watch world. While luxury timepieces have long been defined by Swiss prestige and centuries-old craftsmanship, Stauer emerged as an unexpected disruptor-boldly...

The Hidden Architects: Women Who Built the Digital World is an inspiring and knowledge-filled exploration of the untold history of women in computing, programming, and internet development. From Ada Lovelace, the world's first programmer, to Grace Hopper, who created the first compiler, to the...

ANSI REVOLUTIONWhen Text Was Art: The Definitive Guide to ANSI Graphics from BBSes, DOS, and Underground Digital Art Step back into the electrifying era when a keyboard was a paintbrush and 16 colors could move a generation. ANSI REVOLUTION is the essential field guide...

He calculated at the speed of light; he had the strength to crush her without even meaning to. It was like playing with fire when you're made of paper. Sleeping with a god who pretends to be asleep. Any human with a survival instinct...

This unique book presents the story of the pioneering manufacturing company Ferranti Ltd. - producer of the first commercially-available computers - and of the nine end-user organisations who purchased these machines with government help in the period 1951 to 1957. The text presents personal...

-Ecclesiastes 12:12 Programs are invariably subjected to many rorms or transrormation. After an initial version of a program has been designed and developed, it undergoes debugging and certification. In addition, most long-lived pro- grams have a liCe-cycle that includes modifications to meet amended specifications...

Author: Angela N. JohnsonISBN-13: 9798995510505Publisher: Real Cat Labs, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2026Pages: 190Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.54lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.63d

From Markup to Markdown is a history of how writers have used computers to write, and a look ahead to see what the future looks like for technical writing. This book explores both "technology history" and "how it works" about how we write with...

AI Interview: AI's Potential Control in Warfare In an era where technology is reshaping the battlefield, Interview with an AI dives deep into AI Dominance The Unprecedented Warfare and Its Global Implications. AI's Potential Control in Warfare delves deep into the revolutionary role artificial...