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11. People in Computing

Author: Gerard O’Regan

Publisher: Springer London

Published in: A Brief History of Computing

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Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to give a flavour of some of the people who have made important contributions to the computing field. A small selection is considered as it is not feasible, due to space constraints, to consider all those who merit inclusion.

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Title

People in Computing

Book

A Brief History of Computing

Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-2358-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4471-2359-0

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2359-0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2359-0_11

Author:

Gerard O’Regan

Publisher

Springer London

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Chapter number

Chapter 11