A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry

This bibliography provides a general introduction to the literature of the data processing industry, covering a broad range of technologies that stretch back to the pre-history of information processing. Grouped into nine chapters and under nearly 100 subheadings, the materials surveyed include both recent and historical publications, as well as ongoing current publications such as computer magazines. Each chapter contains a short review of historically important issues and comments on the literature, and an annotation for each entry.