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Books on: the first computer

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Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer

Book by Scott McCartney; Walker, 1999

Subjects:

Computer Industry--United States--History, Electronic Digital Computers--History, Eniac (Computer)

Collections: History, Entire Library

Based on original interviews with surviving participants and the first study of John Mauchly and Presper Eckert's personal papers, "ENIAC" tells the story of the three-year race to complete the world's first computer--and of the three-decade struggle to take credit for it. 10 illustrations.
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The First Time I Got Paid for It-- Writers' Tales from the Hollywood Trenches

Book by Peter Lefcourt, Laura J. Shapiro; PublicAffairs, 2000

Subjects:

Motion Picture Authorship, Screenwriters--United States--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

In this irresistible browsing book, America's finest screenwriters--among them Cameron Crowe, Nora Ephron, Lawrence Kasdan, and Nick Kazan--write about how they broke into the Movie Biz.
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Improving the First Year of College: Research and Practice

Book by Robert S. Feldman; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

Subjects:

College Freshmen--United States, College Student Orientation--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The "First-Year Experience" course combines study skills with "life" skills and is intended to ease first-year college students into college life. It has become a required course at most community colleges and proprietary schools, and is making headway in getting established at the less selective state universities.
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Research in Service to Society: The First Fifty Years of the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina

Book by Guy Benton Johnson, Guion Griffis Johnson; University of North Carolina Press, 1980

Subjects:

University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill--Institute For Research In Social Science--History

Collections: Entire Library

...has been the major beneficiary of the first National Science Foundation science development grant awarded in the social sciences, reflecting the shift...American social science to a new world of computers, data banks, and quantitative analysis...
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Radioecology: Proceedings of the First National Symposium on Radioecology Held at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, September 10-15, 1961

Book by Vincent Schultz, Alfred W. Klement Jr.; Reinhold Pub. Corp., 1963

Subjects:

Radioecology--Congresses

Collections: Entire Library

...plants using radiation. Probably the first useful result was the production...Michelite variety, was probably the first successful product of plant radiation...INTRODUCTION Sixteen years ago, the first nuclear device was detonated in...

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Journal Articles on: the first computer

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Images of Three: A History of the First British Aeroplane Unit, Volume I Pre 1918

Journal article by Scott A. Willey; Air Power History, Vol. 52, 2005

Subjects:

Audio-visual materials--Audiovisual reviews, Early Aviation: the Pioneering Years through to the First World War (Video recording)--Audiovisual reviews, Images of Three: A History of the First British Aeroplane Unit, Volume I Pre 1918 (Video recording)--Audiovisual reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...therefore, the first heavier-than-air unit in the UK. The first part of the CD contains narratives on various aspects of the units...3 Squadron or just want something to look at on your computer, spend your money on any of several good books covering...
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The Neanderthal's Necklace: In Search of the First Thinkers

Journal article by Michael S. Bisson; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 10, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Neanderthal's Necklace: In Search of the First Thinkers (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...antecessor, do receive the bulk of scrutiny. The first part is a summary of early human evolution...not behaviourally or cognitively human in the modern sense. Arsuaga argues that because...summarized. Arsuaga likens the mind to a computer operating system, and argues that there...
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Rights, Camera, Action: Cyberspatial Settings and the First Amendment

Journal article by M. Ethan Katsh; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 104, 1995

Subjects:

Computer networks--Analysis, Freedom of speech--Analysis, Information superhighway--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...that alter the context in which different First Amendment...considered. Computer networks...characteristics of computers and digital...115) The history of the First Amendment...television or the computer as a paradigm...about many First Amendment...
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Filth, Filtering, and the First Amendment: Ruminations on Public Libraries' Use of Internet Filtering Software

Journal article by Bernard W. Bell; Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 53, 2001

Subjects:

Computer files--Access control, Freedom of speech--Analysis, Internet--Laws, regulations, etc., Public libraries--Laws, regulations, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...using their own computers.(37) The First Amendments commitment...filters on library computers. First, any patron who...explicit image on the screen that would...Model and the First Amendment-The "Dial-A-Porn...Precedent, 19 RUTGERS COMPUTER TECH. L.J...
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The First Amendment Case against FCC IP Telephony Regulation

Journal article by Tuan N. Samahon; Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 51, 1999

Subjects:

Freedom of speech--Laws, regulations, etc., Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (Computer network protocol)--Laws, regulations, etc., United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 1

Collections: Entire Library

...burdening the First Amendment...sidestep the category...personal computers in order...request, noting first the FCCs traditional...regulating "computer software...Regulation and the First Amendment...intrusive of the quantity...21 RUTGERS COMPUTER TECH. L...

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Magazine Articles on: the first computer

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ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer

Magazine article by Steve Lohr; Washington Monthly, Vol. 31, September 1999

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Triumphs and Tragedies of the Worlds First Computer by Steve Lohr...Triumphs and Tragedies of the Worlds First Computer by Scott McCartney Walker...visionary, to conceive of the first general-purpose computer--the machine with a mouthful...
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Switch-to-Computer Links: The First Two Years

Magazine article by Gregory F. Borton; Business Communications Review, Vol. 22, March 1992

Subjects:

Computer networks--Product development, Telecommunications equipment industry--Product development

Collections: Entire Library

Switch-to-Computer Links: The First Two Years...the PBX and computer manufacturers...Links-RSLs) to the U.S. market...completed its first phase of evolution-the...switch and computer vendors provide...only about the link itself...build the first SCAI-based...
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Local Manufacturer Transforms the IT Sector: Nigeria's Omatek Was the First Company to Build Computer Casings and Speakers in Africa. Now It Is Enjoying a Boom as the IT Market Explodes. and It Is Exporting Too ..

Magazine article; African Review of Business and Technology, Vol. 41, November 2005

Subjects:

Computer hardware industry--Foreign operations, Computer hardware industry--Marketing, Computer industry--Foreign operations, Computer industry--Marketing

Collections: Entire Library

...Omatek Was the First Company to Build Computer Casings and...formation. It first made an appearance on the scene at the...brand (EKO Computers). It was a...speakers as the first step towards transferring computer hardware skills...
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Island Leads World in IT Coverage: Mauritius Is Set to Become the First Country in the World to Achieve Nationwide Wireless Broadband Access, Enabling Subscribers to Access Internet Services from Anywhere on the Island. Neil Ford Reports

Magazine article by Neil Ford; African Business, March 2005

Subjects:

Computer services industry--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--Mauritius, Economic development--United States, Information technology services industry--Forecasts and trends, Wireless Internet access

Collections: Entire Library

...such as software design, and it is hoped that computer hardware will be manufactured on the island for the entire African market. Mauritius...concentrated IT activity, across the country. The first, 60 hectare, cyber city has been under construction...
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OSPF - the First Wave of Next-Generation Routing Protocols

Magazine article by William M. Seifert; Business Communications Review, Vol. 21, July 1991

Subjects:

Bridge routers--Innovations, Bridge/routers--Innovations, Computer networks--Innovations

Collections: Entire Library

OSPF - the First Wave of Next-Generation Routing Protocols...focuses on the characteristics of OSPF, the first in this next generation of routing...contrast to distance-vector algorithms, the link-state, shortest-path-first algorithms have been specifically...

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Newspaper Articles on: the first computer

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Was This the World's First Computer

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 10, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Was This the Worlds First Computer. Byline: By Sam Burson Western Mail The mysteries of...and inaccuracies) out of doing the sums. 1950s The worlds first commercial computer The electronic UNIVAC began use on June 14, 1951, for the US...
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Pigeons of War Stage a Very British Coo; FEATHERED FRIENDS TAKE FLIGHT IN UK'S FIRST COMPUTER-GENERATED FILM

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 24, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...TAKE FLIGHT IN UKS FIRST COMPUTER-GENERATED FILM...Hollywood. They are the stars of Valiant, the first major computer-generated feature...George Webster and first-time director Chapman, who stumbled across the idea while working...
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Two Love for Woody It's like Seeing Colour Film for the First Time .. Computer Animation Is a Whole Other World; the People Behind the Characters Who Are Taking Toy Story 2 to Infinity and Beyond

Newspaper article by Rick Fulton; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), February 4, 2000

Subjects:

Cusack, Joan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Love for Woody Its like Seeing Colour Film for the First Time .. Computer Animation Is a Whole Other World; the People Behind...first Toy Story film, which was released in 1995 as the first computer-generated film in Hollywood history. She said...
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CAN KIRSTY COMPETE WITH THE FIRST CYBER NEWSGIRL?; Computer Image Will Bring Us Headlines of the Future

Newspaper article by Jamie Macaskill; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 18, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...KIRSTY COMPETE WITH THE FIRST CYBER NEWSGIRL?; Computer Image Will Bring Us...Ananova, the worlds first cyber-babe newsreader...complete with blue hair, is the glamorous product of nine months research by computer experts, who say she...
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Jailed, the First Paedophile to Be Convicted under 'Grooming' Law COMPUTER ENGINEER TRIED TO SNARE GIRL, 13, ON THE INTERNET

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 24, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Jailed, the First Paedophile to Be Convicted under Grooming Law COMPUTER ENGINEER TRIED TO SNARE GIRL...MCCABE A PAEDOPHILE has become the first man in Scotland to be convicted...offence to contact children with the intention of having sex with...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: the first computer

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Computer Virus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...sector (the area that contains the first instructions executed by a computer when it is started or restarted...automated immune system for computers patterned after biological processes. In 1995 Israel became the first country to legislate penalties...
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Computer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...with the design of the first modern computer, the "analytical engine...Computer) became (1951) the first computer to handle both numeric...facility; this was the first commercially available computer. First-generation...
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Computer Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...or performed with the aid of a computer. The first substantial piece of music composed...Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford Univ., the Computer Audio Research Laboratory (CARL...can also be directly created by the computer, allowing it to act as a synthesizer...
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Personal Computer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...microprocessor made possible the hobby-computer movement of the late 1970s, when some computers were built from components or kits. In the early 1980s the first low-cost, fully assembled units were mass-marketed. The typical configuration consists...
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Perot, H. Ross

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Systems (EDS), one of the first computer data service companies...in 1988 started a new computer service company, Perot...national attention during the Iran hostage crisis...expressing serious concern over the national debt. After a...

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