• DocumentCode
    742281
  • Title

    Inventing the Computer [Scanning Our Past]

  • Author

    Ceruzzi, Paul E.

  • Author_Institution
    Smithsonian´s Nat. Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    101
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    6/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1503
  • Lastpage
    1508
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JPROC.2013.2257593
  • Filename
    6516706