Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World. Episode 32, Personal Computing.
Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World. Episode 32, Personal Computing.
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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W. Bernard Carlson
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013.
Embark on a tour of personal computing, beginning with its roots in IBM's business machines in the 1920s and the massive electronic calculators of World War II. Then compare the mainframes of the 1960s with today's PCs and consider the key roles of software programming and graphical user interfaces.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
6771418 Kanopy
History, Ancient.
Engineering.
Education films.
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
W. Bernard Carlson
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013.
Embark on a tour of personal computing, beginning with its roots in IBM's business machines in the 1920s and the massive electronic calculators of World War II. Then compare the mainframes of the 1960s with today's PCs and consider the key roles of software programming and graphical user interfaces.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
6771418 Kanopy
History, Ancient.
Engineering.
Education films.