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Author Ware, Willis H.

Title RAND and the information evolution : a history in essays and vignettes / Willis H. Ware
Published Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., [2008]
©2008

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Description xxvi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The Department -- RAND contributions to the development of computing -- 3. RAND's first computer people -- Early technical staff -- 4. RAND's early computers -- Reeves electronic analog computer -- The JOHNNIAC digital computer -- 5. A building for people with computers -- 5. Project essays -- The RAND tablet, videographics, and related projects -- Networked computing: packet switching and distributed communications -- The mail handler -- Artificial-intelligence research -- Security and privacy -- 7. Lore, snippets, and snapshots
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index
Notes Also available online
Subject Rand Corporation -- History.
Information technology -- Research -- United States -- History.
Computer science -- Research -- United States -- History.
Military research -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Research institutes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
LC no. 2008029573
ISBN 9780833045133 paperback alkaline paper