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Reilly's highly readable coverage of everything significant in the history of computer science and information technology consists of 671 alphabetically arranged articles, each 250-500 words long. Entries, written in journalistic style, cover companies, hardware, software, programming languages, inventors/developers, theories, and concepts....Essential. Public, academic, and advanced high school libraries. -Choice [T]his book is a good resource for general information....Recommended. -E-STREAMS [C]learly written and accessible, containg essential details without reliance on technical jargon....Recommended. -Library Media Connection [t]horoughly informative and enjoyable....Recommended for all libraries. -Library Journal [A] very useful one-volume reference book for general readers, even high school students....While this is clearly a book heavy on history, it is not a dull tome of past events only, for the author carefully describes many basic terms and devices that are very much part of the scene today. -Communication Booknotes Quarterly YThis book is a good resource for general information....Recommended. -E-STREAMS YClearly written and accessible, containg essential details without reliance on technical jargon....Recommended. -Library Media Connection Ythoroughly informative and enjoyable....Recommended for all libraries. -Library Journal YA very useful one-volume reference book for general readers, even high school students....While this is clearly a book heavy on history, it is not a dull tome of past events only, for the author carefully describes many basic terms and devices that are very much part of the scene today. -Communication Booknotes Quarterly ?[T]his book is a good resource for general information....Recommended.?-E-STREAMS ?[C]learly written and accessible, containg essential details without reliance on technical jargon....Recommended.?-Library Media Connection ?[A] very useful one-volume reference book for general readers, even high school students....While this is clearly a book heavy on history, it is not a dull tome of past events only, for the author carefully describes many basic terms and devices that are very much part of the scene today.?-Communication Booknotes Quarterly ?Reilly's highly readable coverage of everything significant in the history of computer science and information technology consists of 671 alphabetically arranged articles, each 250-500 words long. Entries, written in journalistic style, cover companies, hardware, software, programming languages, inventors/developers, theories, and concepts....Essential. Public, academic, and advanced high school libraries.?-Choice ?[t]horoughly informative and enjoyable....Recommended for all libraries.?-Library Journal

?Reilly's highly readable coverage of everything significant in the history of computer science and information technology consists of 671 alphabetically arranged articles, each 250-500 words long. Entries, written in journalistic style, cover companies, hardware, software, programming languages, inventors/developers, theories, and concepts....Essential. Public, academic, and advanced high school libraries.?-Choice

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EDWIN D. REILLY is Associate Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus, State University of New York, Albany. He is the coeditor of Encyclopedia of Computer Science, 4th ed., and Computer Graphics Companion, and coauthor of Vax Assembly Language Programming and Pascalgorithms.

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