A history of modern computing

Introduction: defining "computer"

The advent of commercial computing, 1945-1956

Computing comes of age, 1956-1964

The early history of software, 1952-1968

From mainframe to minicomputer, 1959-1969

The "go-go" years and the system/360, 1961-1975

The chip and its impact, 1965-1975

The personal computer, 1972-1977

Augmenting human intellect, 1975-1985

Workstations, UNIX, and the Net, 1981-1995

"Internet time," 1995-2001

Conclusion: the digitization of the world picture.