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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Rojas, Raúl (1955-....)
Titre(s) : Konrad Zuse's early computers [Texte imprimé] : the quest for the computer in Germany / Raúl Rojas
Publication : Cham : Springer, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-229 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : History of computing
Lien à la collection : History of computing (Print)
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
This book describes the historical development of the architectures of the first computers
built by the German inventor Konrad Zuse in Berlin between 1936 and 1945. Zuse's machines
are historically important because they anticipated many features of modern computers.
Specifically, these include the separation of processor and memory, the ability to
compute with floating-point numbers, a hardware architecture based on microprogramming
of the instruction set, and a layered design with a high-level programming language
on top. In fact, Zuse's early computers are closer to modern computers than the Harvard
Mark I or ENIAC, two other contenders for the title of "world's first computer." The
theoretical program first conceived by Zuse in 1936/37 was fulfilled with a series
of machines built before and during World War II: the Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4. Separate
chapters deal with the architecture of each computer, culminating in the description
of Plankalkül, the first proposal for a high-level programming language. Students
of the sciences and practitioners of computer science should have no trouble following
the material. The concise introductory summary sets the reader on the historical path
to retrace this remarkable intellectual adventure
Sujet(s) : Zuse, Konrad (1910-1995)
Génie informatique -- Histoire
Allemagne -- 1918-1945
Indice(s) Dewey :
004.094 3 (23e éd.) = Informatique - Europe centrale Allemagne
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-3-031-39875-9 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47508797c
Notice n° :
FRBNF47508797
