From Mainframes To Smartphones: A History Of The International Computer Industry (Critical Issues In Business History)

This compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences.

• | Author: Martin Campbell-Kelly, Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 08, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674729064
• | ISBN-13: 9780674729063