The technical and social history of software engineering /

Jones, Capers.

The technical and social history of software engineering / Capers Jones. - Upper Saddle River Addison-Wesley c2014 - xxx, 452 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-421) and index.

Prelude: Computing from ancient times to the modern era -- 1930 to 1939: The foundations of digital computing -- 1940 to 1949: Computing during World War II and the postwar era -- 1950 to 1959: Starting the ascent of digital computers and software -- 1960 to 1969: The rise of business computers and business software -- 1970 to 1979: Computers and software begin creating wealth -- 1980 to 1989: The rise of personal computers and personal software -- 1990 to 1999: Expansion of the World Wide Web and the rise of the dot-coms -- 2000 to 2009: The rise of social networks and economic crises -- 2010 to 2019: Clouds, crowds, blogs, big data, and predictive analytics -- Modern software problems -- A brief history of cybercrime and cyberwarfare.

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Software engineering--History.
Computer software--Development--Social aspects.
Computer software industry--History.
Computer software industry--Social aspects.

QA76.758 / .J644 2014

005.1 JON / JON