Computer, Student Economy Edition

Nathan Ensmenger

• Preface to the Third Edition -- Introduction -- Before the Computer -- When Computers were People -- The Mechanical Office -- Babbage’S Dream Comes True -- Creating the Computer -- Inventing the Computer -- The Computer Becomes a Business Machine -- The Maturing of the Mainframe: The Rise of IBM -- Innovation and Expansion -- Real Time: Reaping The Whirlwind -- Software -- New Modes of Computing -- Getting Personal -- The Shaping of The Personal Computer -- Broadening the Appeal -- The Internet