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Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 - 67
Simon H. Lavington
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Description for Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 - 67
Hardback. Series: History of Computing. Num Pages: 731 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1236.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
732
Condition
New
Series
History of Computing
Number of Pages
710
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848829329
SKU
V9781848829329
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 - 67
From the reviews: Moving Targets details the history of Elliott Brothers in 1947 through to the last vestige of those families of Elliott's computers in GEC Computers in the 1990s. The title of the book Moving Targets is surely a reference to the recurring technical and marketing themes described by the book. ... there is no ... Read more