Moving Targets [recurso electrónico] : Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 – 67 / by Simon Lavington.

Por: Lavington, Simon [author.]Colaborador(es): SpringerLink (Online service)Tipo de material: Texto

TextoSeries History of ComputingEditor: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011Descripción: XXI, 710 p. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9781848829336Tema(s): Computer science | Computer Science | History of ComputingFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 004.09 Clasificación LoC:QA76.17Recursos en línea: Libro electrónico Texto

Contenidos:

The Navy Comes to Borehamwood -- A Glint on the Horizon -- The Secret Digit -- Analogue Expertise -- NRDC and the Market -- Process Control and Automation: the Bagrit Vision -- Automation: the Machines and the Applications -- Software and Applications at Borehamwood -- NCR, the 405 and Commercial Data Processing -- Evolution of Elliott Computer Architectures -- EARS and Aerials: Elliott’s Radar Achievements -- Airborne Computing System Developments at Elliott-Automation, 1958 – 1988 -- Mergers, Take-overs and Dispersals -- The End of the Line.

En: Springer eBooksResumen: The Elliott-Automation company was an active participant in the birth of the information age in Britain. By 1961, the company was supplying 50% of the digital computers delivered to UK customers in that year. Yet by the end of that decade, Elliott-Automation had effectively disappeared in a flurry of takeovers, leaving little apparent trace of the technical excellence that had once characterised the name Elliott. Moving Targets charts the gradual take-up of information technology in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one innovative company. The book examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place at various times for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the growth of the market for Elliott computers for civil applications. Topics and features: Charts the establishment of Elliott’s Borehamwood Research Laboratories in 1946, and the roles played by John Coales and Leon Bagrit in reviving an ailing company Examines early Elliott digital computers designed for classified military applications and for GCHQ, such as the Elliott 152, 153 and OEDIPUS Describes the analogue computers developed by Elliott-Automation, including the giant TRIDAC Reviews the development of the first commercial Elliott computers, the growth of applications in industrial automation, and the competition offered by rival manufacturers in Britain Includes a history of airborne computers up to 1988, written by a former director of Elliott Flight Automation Discusses the evolution of computer architectures and systems software for the Elliott 800, 900 and 4100 series computers Investigates the mergers, takeovers and eventual closure of the Borehamwood laboratories, and the demise of Elliott-Automation and its successors, ICL and GEC This unique text will be of great interest to historians of technology and business, and will also appeal to the general reader curious about the emergence of digital computing in Britain and the work of the previously unsung computer pioneers of the Elliott-Automation laboratories at Borehamwood. Simon Lavington is Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the University of Essex. Among his many publications is the book Early British Computers.

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Tipo de ítem	Biblioteca actual	Colección	Signatura	Copia número	Estado	Fecha de vencimiento	Código de barras
Libro Electrónico	Biblioteca Electrónica	Colección de Libros Electrónicos	QA76.17 (Browse shelf(Abre debajo))	1	No para préstamo		372781-2001

The Elliott-Automation company was an active participant in the birth of the information age in Britain. By 1961, the company was supplying 50% of the digital computers delivered to UK customers in that year. Yet by the end of that decade, Elliott-Automation had effectively disappeared in a flurry of takeovers, leaving little apparent trace of the technical excellence that had once characterised the name Elliott. Moving Targets charts the gradual take-up of information technology in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one innovative company. The book examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place at various times for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the growth of the market for Elliott computers for civil applications. Topics and features: Charts the establishment of Elliott’s Borehamwood Research Laboratories in 1946, and the roles played by John Coales and Leon Bagrit in reviving an ailing company Examines early Elliott digital computers designed for classified military applications and for GCHQ, such as the Elliott 152, 153 and OEDIPUS Describes the analogue computers developed by Elliott-Automation, including the giant TRIDAC Reviews the development of the first commercial Elliott computers, the growth of applications in industrial automation, and the competition offered by rival manufacturers in Britain Includes a history of airborne computers up to 1988, written by a former director of Elliott Flight Automation Discusses the evolution of computer architectures and systems software for the Elliott 800, 900 and 4100 series computers Investigates the mergers, takeovers and eventual closure of the Borehamwood laboratories, and the demise of Elliott-Automation and its successors, ICL and GEC This unique text will be of great interest to historians of technology and business, and will also appeal to the general reader curious about the emergence of digital computing in Britain and the work of the previously unsung computer pioneers of the Elliott-Automation laboratories at Borehamwood. Simon Lavington is Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the University of Essex. Among his many publications is the book Early British Computers.