Great Moments in Computing电子书

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Title page

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Introduction

Foreword by Mel Croucher

Foreword by Robin Evans

Great Moments in Computing

1 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date March 1988

2 : THE BAUD RATE : cover date April 1988

3 : DESK-TOP PUBLISHING : cover date May 1988

4 : THE WORD-PROCESSOR : cover date June 1988

5 : ASTRAL PREDICTIONS : cover date July 1988

6 : THE MOUSE : cover date August 1988

7 : COMPUTER DATING : cover date September 1988

8 : BOOLEAN ALGEBRA : cover date October 1988

9 : SYNTHETIC SPEECH : cover date November 1988

10 : THE MICRO CHIP : cover date December 1988

11 : PERSONAL ORGANISERS : cover date January 1989

12 : MEMORY BANKS : cover date February 1989

13 : SCREEN DUMPS : cover date March 1989

14 : SPELL CHECKERS : cover date April 1989

15 : ASCII CODES : cover date May 1989

16 : COMPUTER ENGINES : cover date June 1989

17 : USER FRIENDLINESS : cover date July 1989

18 : ECONOMIC REALITIES : cover date August 1989

19 : CARTRIDGES : cover date September 1989

20 : PORTABLES : cover date October 1989

21 : COMPUTER GAMES : cover date November 1989

22 : VDUS : cover date December 1989

23 : TYPE FONTS : cover date January 1990

24 : CURSOR CONTROL : cover date February 1990

25 : PUBLIC DOMAIN UTILITIES : cover date March 1990

26 : ROLL-PLAYING GAMES : cover date April 1990

27 : THE BOOT COMMAND : cover date May 1990

28 : TAX RECORDS : cover date June 1990

29 : PRINTERS : cover date July 1990

30 : ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE : cover date August 1990

31 : ELECTRONIC NEWSPAPERS : cover date September 1990

32 : COMPUTER CRIME : cover date October 1990

33 : WYSIWYG : cover date November 1990

34 : DOMESTIC ROBOTS : cover date December 1990

35 : SANTA CLAUS : cover date January 1991

36 : DISC DRIVES : cover date February 1991

37 : FLIGHT SIMULATORS : cover date March 1991

38 : ASTRAL NAVIGATION : cover date April 1991

39 : HACKING : cover date May 1991

40 : MEMORY STORAGE : cover date June 1991

41 : FAX CARDS : cover date July 1991

42 : JARGON : cover date August 1991

43 : CHARLES BABBAGE : cover date September 1991

44 : BACK-UP DISCS : cover date October 1991

45 : ERROR CODES : cover date November 1991

46 : DIGITAL DISPLAYS : cover date December 1991

47 : RGB : cover date January 1992

48 : HEXADECIMALS : cover date February 1992

49 : A.I. : cover date March 1992

50 : SYNTAX CHECKERS : cover date April 1992

51 : BUGS : cover date May 1992

52 : RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS : cover date June 1992

53 : MOUSE CONTROL : cover date July 1992

54 : VIRTUAL REALITY : cover date August 1992

55 : MS-DOS : cover date September 1992

56 : FLY BY WIRE : cover date October 1992

57 : SYSTEM MANUALS : cover date November 1992

58 : VOICE RECOGNITION : cover date December 1992

59 : SELF IMPROVEMENT SOFTWARE : cover date January 1993

60 : BASIC : cover date February 1993

61 : THE WIMP ENVIRONMENT : cover date March 1993

62 : UPWARD COMPATIBILITY : cover date April 1993

63 : SPECIAL EFFECTS : cover date May 1993

64 : LEISURE : cover date June 1993

65 : HEALTH & EFFICIENCY : cover date July 1993

66 : MAIL-ORDER COMPUTING : cover date August 1993

67 : TRACKER BALLS : cover date September 1993

68 : HAND-SHAKES : cover date October 1993

69 : VIDEO ENHANCEMENT : cover date November 1993

70 : OPTICAL DRIVES : cover date December 1993

71 : THE 3 LAWS OF COMPUTING : cover date January 1994

72 : FLIGHT SIMULATORS : cover date February 1994

73 : BEATING THE SYSTEM : cover date March 1994

74 : BUBBLE JETS : cover date April 1994

75 : SYSTEM ACCESS : cover date May 1994

76 : DOT-MATRIX PRINTERS : cover date June 1994

77 : COMPUTER PORNOGRAPHY : cover date July 1994

78 : MODEMS : cover date August 1994

79 : THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY : cover date September 1994

80 : LOST DATA : cover date October 1994

81 : NETS : cover date November 1994

82 : POINT-AND-CLICK ICONS : cover date December 1994

83 : LOCAL BUS : cover date January 1995

84 : FLAMING : cover date February 1995

85 : COMPUTER SHOPPING : cover date March 1995

86 : PROCESSING ERRORS : cover date April 1995

87 : NET-SURFING : cover date May 1995

88 : JOYSTICK CONTROL : cover date June 1995

89 : MONITORS : cover date July 1995

90 : RAM-RAIDERS : cover date August 1995

91 : BYTES : cover date September 1995

92 : VIDEO-ON-DEMAND : cover date October 1995

93 : PC-TV : cover date November 1995

94 : ON-LINE ENTERTAINMENT : cover date December 1995

95 : PASSWORD PROTECTION : cover date January 1996

96 : FOOTPRINTS : cover date February 1996

97 : REMOTE LEARNING : cover date March 1996

98 : DOCKING STATIONS : cover date April 1996

99 : INKJETS : cover date May 1996

100 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date June 1996

101 : WEB SERVERS : cover date July 1996

102 : FIRST TIME USERS : cover date August 1996

103 : A-MAIL : cover date September 1996

104 : ELECTRONIC BANKING : cover date October 1996

105 : HELP FILES : cover date November 1996

106 : DEFRAGMENTATION : cover date December 1996

107 : SCROLLING : cover date January 1997

108 : DIGITAL CAMERAS : cover date February 1997

109 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date March 1997

110 : FLASH-MEMORY : cover date April 1997

111 : MORPHING : cover date May 1997

112 : BACK-UP FILES : cover date June 1997

113 : ZIP DRIVES : cover date July 1997

114 : BITMAPS : cover date August 1997

115 : THE MILLENNIUM BUG : cover date September 1997

116 : FLATBED SCANNERS : cover date October 1997

117 : APPLE : cover date November 1997

118 : CYBERSEX : cover date December 1997

119 : THE PAPERLESS OFFICE : cover date January 1998

120 : THE FIRST TEN YEARS : cover date February 1998

121 : THE NEXT TEN YEARS : cover date March 1998

122 : WEB BROWSERS : cover date April 1998

123 : GRACE HOPPER : cover date May 1998

124 : LAPTOP CONTROL : cover date June 1998

125 : TRACK PADS : cover date July 1998

126 : THE POCKET CALCULATOR : cover date August 1998

127 : SUMMER SPECIAL : cover date September 1998

128 : SUMMER SPECIAL : cover date October 1998

129 : INFRA-RED CONTROL : cover date November 1998

130 : THE BUS : cover date December 1998

131 : CONTROL SYSTEMS : cover date January 1999

132 : THE MILLENNIUM BUG : cover date February 1999

133 : THE MYSTERY OF STONEHENGE : cover date March 1999

134 : INFRA-RED COMMS : cover date April 1999

135 : AUDIO-CONTROL : cover date May 1999

136 : E-COMMERCE : cover date June 1999

137 : ELECTRONIC MAIL : cover date July 1999

138 : SMART BOMBS : cover date August 1999

139 : WEB-MASTERS : cover date September 1999

140 : DEDICATED SERVERS : cover date October 1999

141 : C.A.D. : cover date November 1999

142 : FREECOLOURPRINTERS.CO.UK : cover date December 1999

143 : BROWSERS : cover date January 2000

144 : E-COMMERCE : cover date February 2000

145 : LINUX : cover date March 2000

146 : WAP TECHNOLOGY : cover date April 2000

147 : SYSTEMS ACCESS GATES : cover date May 2000

148 : PALM TOPS : cover date June 2000

149 : DOT.COMS : cover date July 2000

150 : MP3 : cover date August 2000

151 : DOMAIN NAMES : cover date September 2000

152 : PDAs : cover date October 2000

153 : FLOATING POINT ARITHMETIC : cover date November 2000

154 : BANDWIDTH : cover date December 2000

155 : SEARCH ENGINES : cover date January 2001

156 : ROBOTICS : cover date February 2001

157 : 2001 : cover date March 2001

158 : FLAT SCREEN TECHNOLOGY : cover date April 2001

159 : RISC CHIPS : cover date May 2001

160 : WIRE-FRAME GRAPHICS : cover date June 2001

161 : NANNY SOFTWARE : cover date July 2001

162 : BROAD BAND : cover date August 2001

163 : PDAs : cover date September 2001

164 : THE LAWS OF ROBOTICS : cover date October 2001

165 : NAME SEARCHES : cover date November 2001

166 : COOKIES : cover date December 2001

167 : SMILEYS : cover date January 2002

168 : WINDOWS XP : cover date February 2002

169 : FIREWALLS : cover date March 2002

170 : SMART MOBILITY : cover date April 2002

171 : WINDOWS XP : cover date May 2002

172 : PLOTTERS : cover date June 2002

173 : THE POP3 BOX : cover date July 2002

174 : PAYPAL : cover date August 2002

175 : THE DATA PROTECTION ACT : cover date September 2002

176 : BINARY NUMBERS : cover date October 2002

177 : FIREWIRE TECHNOLOGY : cover date November 2002

178 : FTP CODES : cover date December 2002

179 : SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY : cover date January 2003

180 : FTP CODES : cover date February 2003

181 : GPS : cover date March 2003

182 : DATA BACK-UPS : cover date April 2003

183 : TABLET COMPUTERS : cover date May 2003

184 : MEMORY CARDS : cover date June 2003

185 : COMPUTER PETS : cover date July 2003

186 : NANOBOTS : cover date August 2003

187 : BLUETOOTH : cover date September 2003

188 : COOLING FANS : cover date October 2003

189 : INTELLIGENT ROBOTS : cover date November 2003

190 : WINDOWS SECURITY : cover date December 2003

191 : SCREENSAVER OPTIONS : cover date January 2004

192 : HOTMAIL ACCOUNTS : cover date February 2004

193 : THE MEMORY STICK : cover date March 2004

194 : DOCUMENT HANDLING : cover date April 2004

195 : SOUND CARDS : cover date May 2004

196 : WEAPONS GUIDANCE SYSTEMS : cover date June 2004

197 : FOLDERS : cover date July 2004

198 : ID CARDS : cover date August 2004

199 : FLASH DRIVES : cover date September 2004

200 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date October 2004

201 : INPUT/OUTPUT : cover date November 2004

202 : CHIP AND PIN : cover date December 2004

203 : THE BLACKBERRY : cover date January 2005

204 : MEMORY UPGRADES : cover date February 2005

205 : APPLE MARKETING : cover date March 2005

206 : ELECTRONIC VOTING : cover date April 2005

207 : LEISURE SOFTWARE : cover date May 2005

208 : NUMERIC ZERO : cover date June 2005

209 : SPYWARE : cover date July 2005

210 : COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN : cover date August 2005

211 : SCREEN CURSORS : cover date September 2005

212 : THE GOLDEN RATIO : cover date October 2005

213 : WEBSITE OPTIMISATION : cover date November 2005

214 : BACKING UP DATA : cover date December 2005

215 : THE GRAPHICS TABLET : cover date January 2006

216 : SYNTHETIC SPEECH : cover date February 2006

217 : DIGITAL PROJECTORS : cover date March 2006

218 : DOWNLOADS : cover date April 2006

219 : PIXILATION : cover date May 2006

220 : WINDOWS VISTA : cover date June 2006

221 : USB COMMUNICATIONS : cover date July 2006

222 : SECURITY TAGGING : cover date August 2006

223 : FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE : cover date September 2006

224 : WINDOWS MANUALS : cover date October 2006

225 : POWERPOINT : cover date November 2006

226 : RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY : cover date December 2006

227 : NETWORK CRASHES : cover date January 2007

228 : RING TONES : cover date February 2007

229 : MACBITER : cover date March 2007

230 : WI-FI ZONES : cover date April 2007

231 : FLASH MEMORY : cover date May 2007

232 : YOUTUBE : cover date June 2007

233 : CULT CHARACTERS : cover date July 2007

234 : THE SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY : cover date August 2007

235 : THE SLIDE RULE : cover date September 2007

236 : PREDICTIVE TEXT : cover date October 2007

237 : DENIAL OF SERVICE : cover date November 2007

238 : ONLINE ATTACHMENTS : cover date December 2007

239 : SCANNERS : cover date January 2008

240 : SKYPE : cover date February 2008

241 : GREAT MOMENTS IN COMPUTING : cover date March 2008

242 : ONLINE ORDERING : cover date April 2008

243 : GRAPHIC ICONS : cover date May 2008

244 : IDENTITY THEFT : cover date June 2008

245 : PODCASTS : cover date July 2008

246 : THE DONGLE : cover date August 2008

247 : SOCIAL NETWORKS : cover date September 2008

248 : HOT KEYS : cover date October 2008

249 : GRAPHIC FILE FORMATS : cover date November 2008

250 : DRAG-AND-DROP : cover date December 2008

251 : OPEN SOURCE : cover date January 2009

252 : ONLINE BANKING : cover date February 2009

253 : ELECTRONIC VOTING : cover date March 2009

254 : BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE : cover date April 2009

255 : THE BLACKBERRY : cover date May 2009

256 : PROBABILITY THEORY : cover date June 2009

257 : TOUCH SCREENS : cover date July 2009

258 : MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS : cover date August 2009

259 : HARD DRIVE CRASHES : cover date September 2009

260 : BIOMETRICS : cover date October 2009

261 : NAMING PROTOCOLS : cover date November 2009

262 : BLOGGING : cover date December 2009

263 : FIELD TESTING : cover date January 2010

264 : DRAG AND DROP : cover date February 2010

265 : WINDOWS 7 : cover date March 2010

266 : APPLE : cover date April 2010

267 : WIKIPEDIA : cover date May 2010

268 : AUTOMATION : cover date June 2010

269 : ONLINE BANKING : cover date July 2010

270 : BLU RAY : cover date August 2010

271 : ONLINE BOOKING : cover date September 2010

272 : PRINT ON DEMAND : cover date October 2010

273 : SCREEN GLARE : cover date November 2010

274 : SERVER SPEEDS : cover date December 2010

275 : PCs : cover date January 2011

276 : PAYPAL : cover date February 2011

277 : PODCASTS : cover date March 2011

278 : 3D TV : cover date April 2011

279 : PASSWORDS : cover date May 2011

280 : KINDLE : cover date June 2011

281 : THUMBNAILS : cover date July 2011

282 : AMAZON : cover date August 2011

283 : TABLETS : cover date September 2011

284 : JUNK MAIL : cover date October 2011

285 : COMPUTER CHESS : cover date November 2011

286 : VOICE COMMANDS : cover date December 2011

287 : SOFTWARE UPGRADES : cover date January 2012

288 : CYBER-BULLYING : cover date February 2012

289 : PASSWORDS : cover date March 2012

290 : ARGOS : cover date April 2012

291 : THE CLOUD : cover date May 2012

292 : FACEBOOK : cover date June 2012

293 : TROLLING : cover date July 2012

294 : IPAD : cover date August 2012

295 : AUTOMATIC CHECK-OUTS : cover date September 2012

296 : THE ZERO : cover date October 2012

297 : FLIGHT SIMULATORS : cover date November 2012

298 : SIRI : cover date December 2012

299 : THE BIBLE : cover date January 2013

300 : BASE NUMBERS : cover date February 2013

301 : #THE HASH : cover date March 2013

302 : SMS : cover date April 2013

303 : AUGMENTED REALITY : cover date May 2013

304 : MEMORY STICKS : cover date June 2013

305 : COOLING FANS : cover date July 2013

306 : CROWD FUNDING : cover date August 2013

307 : DRONES : cover date September 2013

308 : GOOGLE GLASS : cover date October 2013

309 : STREET VIEW : cover date November 2013

310 : THE BLACKBERRY : cover date December 2013

311 : LIGHT PENS : cover date January 2014

312 : CYBERSEX : cover date February 2014

313 : 3D PRINTERS : cover date March 2014

314 : BITCOINS : cover date April 2014

315 : P2P : cover date May 2014

316 : VDUs : cover date June 2014

317 : SILICON VALLEY : cover date July 2014

318 : 4G : cover date August 2014

319 : POP-UPS : cover date September 2014

320 : PARENTAL CONTROLS : cover date October 2014

321 : SOFTWARE UPGRADES : cover date November 2014

322 : XBOX : cover date December 2014

323 : XBOX LIVE : cover date January 2015

324 : TUMBLR : cover date February 2015

325 : PHOTOSHOP : cover date March 2015

326 : DATA SPEED : cover date April 2015

327 : SELFIES : cover date May 2015

328 : ROBOT CARS : cover date June 2015

329 : DOT MATRIX : cover date July 2015

330 : DRONES : cover date August 2015

331 : SPOTIFY : cover date September 2015

332 : BATTERY LIFE : cover date October 2015

333 : THE SPACE BAR : cover date November 2015

334 : PETABYTES : cover date December 2015

335 : SCREEN SAVERS : cover date January 2016

336 : MOORE’S LAW : cover date February 2016

337 : SIRI : cover date March 2016

338 : MAILING LISTS : cover date April 2016

339 : WEATHER APPS : cover date May 2016

340 : GO-PRO : cover date June 2016

341 : SNAPCHAT : cover date July 2016

342 : FLOPPY DISKS : cover date August 2016

343 : BLOCK CHAINS : cover date September 2016

344 : COMPUTER MANUALS : cover date October 2016

345 : TRANSISTORS : cover date November 2016

346 : POKÉMON GO : cover date December 2016

347 : CAPS LOCK : cover date January 2017

348 : G.U.I. : cover date February 2017

349 : TETRIS : cover date March 2017

350 : THE ANTIKYTHERA : cover date April 2017

351 : VR : cover date May 2017

352 : SMART HOMES : cover date June 2017

353 : PODCASTS : cover date July 2017

354 : ELON MUSK : cover date August 2017

355 : FAKE NEWS : cover date September 2017

356 : THE ABACUS : cover date October 2017

357 : TETHERING : cover date November 2017

358 : DEF CON : cover date December 2017

359 : THE PERIODIC TABLE : cover date January 2018

360 : COMPUTER SHOPPER : cover date February 2018

666 : AD-ONS : cover date unknown

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