TY - BOOK AU - Campbell-Kelly,Martin AU - Aspray,William AU - Ensmenger,Nathan AU - Yost,Jeffrey R. TI - Computer: : a history of the information machine T2 - The Sloan technology series SN - 9780813345901 U1 - 004.09 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Boulder, CO PB - Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group KW - Computers KW - History KW - Electronic data processing N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-342) and index; Preface to the Third Edition -- Part One. BEFORE THE COMPUTER -- When Computers Were People -- The Mechanical Office -- Babbage's Dream Comes True -- Part Two. CREATING THE COMPUTER -- Inventing the Computer -- The Computer Becomes a Business Machine -- The Maturing of the Mainframe : The Rise of IBM -- Part Three. INNOVATION AND EXPANSION -- Real Time : Reaping the Whirlwind -- Software -- New Modes of Computing -- Part Four. GETTING PERSONAL -- The Shaping of the Personal Computer -- Broadening the Appeal -- The Internet ER -