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Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age

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After reading this chapter, the reader should be able to: 1. Learn about the contributions of several pioneers in the computing field. 2. Compare life before and after the advent of personal computers and the Internet. 3. Identify significant continuing trends in the history of the computing field.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN, USA

    Prof. Joseph Migga Kizza

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Kizza, J.M. (2010). History of Computing. In: Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-038-0_1

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