Alan Turing and his Contemporaries
Building the world's first computers| By: | null |
| Publisher: | BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT |
| Print ISBN: | 9781906124908 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781780171067 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. By 1955 computers had begun to appear in the market-place. The Information Age was dawning and Alan Turing and his contemporaries held centre stage. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today’s hardware and software.