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Books about the history of computing or about the current state in a serious or humoristic way.Book description
A collection of highlights from many years of online humor, this compilation includes jokes on sex, politics, religion, current events, celebrities, and "things that never happen on Star Trek." Plus a special section of more than 100 variants on "how many does it take to change a light bulb?"
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Reviews (2) and details of Internet Joke Book, The
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History is written by winners, but Bill Gates isn't talking yet. Those interested in how this weird, wonderful World Wide Web--and its infrastructure--came to be should turn to historian Janet Abbate's look at 40 years of innovation in Inventing the Internet. Peeking behind the curtain to show the personalities and larger forces guiding the development of the Net, from its dawn as a robust military communications network designed to survive multiple attacks to today's commercial Web explosion, Abbate succeeds in demystifying this all-pervasive technology and its creators. Abbate's survey covers everything from David Baran's work with the RAND corporation to the development of packet-switching theory to CERN's Tim Berners-Lee and his hyper... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Reviews (3) and details of Inventing the Internet (Inside Technology)
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For the vast majority of computer users, this reference could be quite a help. Plenty of jargon is defined here, all in easily readable form. Many of the definitions provide lengthy explanations, some giving mini-tutorials of important concepts. The technically literate will have some difficulty with the book. For one thing, it is concerned only with personal computers (with a *very* heavy emphasis on the Mac). The entry for "alias" refers to the Mac function and a similar feature in Windows, with no mention of UNIX. Some of the entries, while not precisely wrong, may not be terribly helpful. An entry for "any key" refers to the joke--but doesn't mention that "Shift", "Control" and other keys may not trigger this function. Reader... Rest of this review on the detail page
(Review by Rob Slade)
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Reviews (1) and details of Jargon: An Informal Dictionary of Computer Terms
L.E.O.: The Incredible Story of the World's First Business Computer
Authors: David Caminer, John Aris, Peter Hermon, Frank LandReview:
A variety of machines mark the milestones on the way to modern cyberculture. Many, such as ENIAC, UNIVAC, the TRS-80, and the Apple II are well known. Less celebrated but vitally important was the Lyons Electronic Office (LEO), the first business computer. Rather than being built by an electronic firm, LEO was built by J. Lyons & Co., a British food company that kept Great Britain in tea and cakes throughout World War II. J. Lyons & Co. operated in constant innovation, leaping into business history right after the war with the vision that the growing mountain of paperwork could be tamed by machine--if they only had the courage to build it. LEO tells the story of what many believed to be, at best, a quixotic effort. LEO's success was... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Amaze your friends with your in-depth knowledge of Macintosh's history. This book of trivia, anecdotes, quotes, and more includes a complete list of Apple's code names for all its products, published here for the first time.
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Reviews (2) and details of The Mac Bathroom Reader