Title :
Inventing the Computer [Scanning Our Past]
Author :
Ceruzzi, Paul E.
Author_Institution :
Smithsonian´s Nat. Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
6/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This article explores the history of computers,starting in the 1890s with punched cards and becoming more sophisticated in the 1940s with vacuum-tube electronics, ultimately giving us the computer and dramaticallychanging the world.
Keywords :
computers; history; computer history; punched cards; vacuum-tube electronics; Computers; Design methodology; History; Product design; Product development;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2013.2257593
