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Moving Targets

Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 – 67

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This book charts the take-up of IT in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one company. It examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the growth of the market for Elliott computers for civil applications. Features: charts the establishment of Elliott’s Borehamwood Research Laboratories, and the roles played by John Coales and Leon Bagrit; examines early Elliott digital computers designed for classified military applications and for GCHQ; describes the analogue computers developed by Elliott-Automation; reviews the development of the first commercial Elliot computers and the growth of applications in industrial automation; includes a history of airborne computers by a former director of Elliott Flight Automation; discusses the computer architectures and systems software for Elliott computers; investigates the mergers, takeovers and eventual closure of the Borehamwood laboratories.weiterlesen

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Elektronisches Format: PDF

Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-1-84882-933-6 / 978-1848829336 / 9781848829336

Verlag: Springer London

Erscheinungsdatum: 19.05.2011

Seiten: 710

Autor(en): Simon Lavington

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