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The Technical and Social History of Software Engineering
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The Technical and Social History of Software Engineering

by Capers Jones
November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
496 pages
13h 28m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Index

3D printing, 288

“15 Worst Data Security Breaches of the 21st Century” (Amerding), 358

901 computer, 84

1930 to 1939, 37

innovators, 37–40

small mathematical applications, 40–42

1940 to 1949, 43

global conflicts, 43–44

historical contributions, 73–75

postwar era, 68–72

software applications, 74–75

software building, 75–76

World War II. See World War II

1950 to 1959

cultural perceptions of computers, 80–81

first commercial computers, 85–89

function points, 90–91

innovators, 81–84

military and defense computers, 77–80

overview, 77

programming languages, 84

software applications, 89–90

1960 to 1969, 93

automation and new professions, 110–111

businesses, 115–118

computer and software growth, 120–122

credit cards, 109–110

early specialized outsourcing, ...

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