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Moving Targets
Simon Lavington
其他書名
Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 – 67
出版Springer Science & Business Media, 2011-05-19
主題Computers / HistoryComputers / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / History
ISBN18488293379781848829336
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Dhk9wHXfQMkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book charts the take-up of IT in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one company. It examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the growth of the market for Elliott computers for civil applications. Features: charts the establishment of Elliott’s Borehamwood Research Laboratories, and the roles played by John Coales and Leon Bagrit; examines early Elliott digital computers designed for classified military applications and for GCHQ; describes the analogue computers developed by Elliott-Automation; reviews the development of the first commercial Elliot computers and the growth of applications in industrial automation; includes a history of airborne computers by a former director of Elliott Flight Automation; discusses the computer architectures and systems software for Elliott computers; investigates the mergers, takeovers and eventual closure of the Borehamwood laboratories.