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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Essinger, James, 1957-     Subjects     Computers -- History.     Jacquard knitting machines -- History.     Information technology -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Essinger, James, 1957-       by title:      Jacquard's web : how...         MARC Display

Jacquard's web : how a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age / by James Essinger. by Essinger, James, 1957- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. Subjects Computers -- History.   Jacquard knitting machines -- History.   Information technology -- History. ISBN:  0192805770 : Description:  xi, 302 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm. Contents:  The engraving that wasn't -- A better mousetrap -- The son of a master-weaver -- The Emperor's new clothes -- From weaving to computing -- The difference engine -- The analytical engine -- A question of faith and funding -- The lady who loved the Jacquard loom -- A crisis with the American census -- The first Jacquard looms that wove information -- The birth of IBM -- The Thomas Watson phenomenon -- Howard Aiken dreams of a computer -- IBM and the Harvard Mark I -- Weaving at the speed of light -- The future. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 004.09 Es Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 004.09 Es Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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