From Mainframes to Smartphones : : A History of the International Computer Industry / / Martin Campbell-Kelly, Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Campbell-Kelly, Martin,; Garcia-Swartz, Daniel D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.) :; 7 graphs, 21 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; PART I. Origins of the Computer Industry 1950–1965 --; PART II. The Impact of IBM’s System/360 1965–1980 --; PART III. The Rise of the Personal Computer 1980–1995 --; PART IV The Internet Era 1995–2010 --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674286535; 9783110665901
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674286535
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Martin Campbell-Kelly, Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz.

This compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences.