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.