An international collection of biographies of about 100 male and female computer scientists. Entries focus on an individual's work, achievements, and contributions. Includes entries by field, a chronology, and glossary.
Computer Pioneers
Print Location: Stacks 4th Floor QA 76.2 A2 L44 1995
Provides biographies of about 240 "innovators" in the field of computing and supporting fields. Describes their qualifications, contributions, and recognition from the industry. Offers a bibliography of biographical and significant publications.
Part of the CWU subscription to Oxford Reference Online, A Dictionary of Computing "...is the most up-to-date dictionary of computing available. It provides comprehensive coverage of computer applications in industry, the office, science, education, and the home....It includes full coverage of the Internet, World Wide Web, and multimedia and reflects recent advances in all aspects of computing, especially in personal computing, computer graphics, networking, artificial intelligence, and computer security."
A dictionary thorough in scope and intended for a general audience. A list of scientific fields it covers is provided in the front of the book, and included in these are aerospace engineering, biochemistry, building construction and civil engineering, communications, computer science, electronics, mapping, navigation, and ordnance.
Thousands of well-illustrated articles, each containing a definition, general overview, relationships to other topics, and cross-references. See also the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology (beginning with 2003 to current year): Ref Q121 M32
The website is no longer being updated, but it does provide maps about the internet and cyberspace. There is also a census of Internet use by country, artistic, conceptual and topological representations of cyberspace, traceroutes that data uses to progress through the internet, and maps of virtual worlds and multiple user dimensions.
An international collection of biographies of about 100 male and female computer scientists. Entries focus on an individual's work, achievements, and contributions. Includes entries by field, a chronology, and glossary.
Provides biographies of about 240 "innovators" in the field of computing and supporting fields. Describes their qualifications, contributions, and recognition from the industry. Offers a bibliography of biographical and significant publications.