Computers in historical analysis

Electronic Computers - A Historical Survey in Print

Historical Developments in Computers to the 1950 s 1

The start of the computer revolution is considered to have taken place with the development of the ENIAC electronic digital computer in 1946, slightly more than 50 years ago, at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. I will trace the the scientiic developments that led to the ENIAC and other computers developed at around the same time. In antiquity, Euclid...

Techniques to Introduce Historical Computers into the Computer Science Curriculum

Recent research has shown that students should be familiar with computer history. This paper examines three projects whose goals are to bring history of computers and technology into the computer science classroom in innovative and interesting ways – a video of the PDP-11/10, a virtual reality simulator of the ENIAC computer, and a videotaped interview with one of the principal designers of the...

analysis of power in the network society

اندیشمندان و صاحب نظران علوم اجتماعی بر این باورند که مرحله تازه ای در تاریخ جوامع بشری اغاز شده است. ویژگیهای این جامعه نو را می توان پدیده هایی از جمله اقتصاد اطلاعاتی جهانی ، هندسه متغیر شبکه ای، فرهنگ مجاز واقعی ، توسعه حیرت انگیز فناوری های دیجیتال، خدمات پیوسته و نیز فشردگی زمان و مکان برشمرد. از سوی دیگر قدرت به عنوان موضوع اصلی علم سیاست جایگاه مهمی در روابط انسانی دارد، قدرت و بازتولید...

Forensic Analysis of Plug Computers

A plug computer is essentially a cross between an embedded computer and a traditional computer, and with many of the same capabilities. However, the architecture of a plug computer makes it difficult to apply commonly used digital forensic methods. This paper describes methods for extracting and analyzing digital evidence from plug computers. Two popular plug computer models are examined, the S...