Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology - Hardcover

"Reilly's highly readable coverage of everything significant in the history of computer science and information technology consists of 671 alphabetically arranged articles, each 250-500 words long. Entries, written in journalistic style, cover companies, hardware, software, programming languages, inventors/developers, theories, and concepts....Essential. Public, academic, and advanced high school libraries."-Choice

"[T]his book is a good resource for general information....Recommended."-E-STREAMS

"[t]horoughly informative and enjoyable....Recommended for all libraries."-Library Journal

"[C]learly written and accessible, containg essential details without reliance on technical jargon....Recommended."-Library Media Connection

"[A] very useful one-volume reference book for general readers, even high school students....While this is clearly a book heavy on history, it is not a dull tome of past events only, for the author carefully describes many basic terms and devices that are very much part of the scene today."-Communication Booknotes Quarterly

"ÝT¨his book is a good resource for general information....Recommended."-E-STREAMS

"Ýt¨horoughly informative and enjoyable....Recommended for all libraries."-Library Journal

"ÝC¨learly written and accessible, containg essential details without reliance on technical jargon....Recommended."-Library Media Connection

"ÝA¨ very useful one-volume reference book for general readers, even high school students....While this is clearly a book heavy on history, it is not a dull tome of past events only, for the author carefully describes many basic terms and devices that are very much part of the scene today."-Communication Booknotes Quarterly

?[T]his book is a good resource for general information....Recommended.?-E-STREAMS

Contains over 650 entries detailing the evolution of computing, including companies, machines, developments, inventions, parts, languages, and theories.