Making and Remaking the Modern Computer
by
Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, Crispin Rope
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore.
Conceived in 1943, completed in 1945, and decommissioned in 1955, ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first general-purpose...