look at computers. Grace Hopper was a military leader, a mathematician, and a computer programmer. Like many other computer programmers, Hopper's work was not given the credit it deserved until the later years of her life. Hopper joined the United States Navy (USN) during World War II. During the time which Hopper was serving the USN she was assigned to program the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC). ASCC was an electromechanical computer which was used in later years of World War II
Brief History of Library Automation: 1930-1996 An automated library is one where a computer system is used to manage one or several of the library's key functions such as acquisitions, serials control, cataloging, circulation and the public access catalog. When exploring the history of library automation, it is possible to return to past centuries when visionaries well before the computer age created devices to assist with their book lending systems. Even as far back as 1588, the invention of
effectiveness. Evolution of Human Resource Management: Stage-I: Pre-world war-ii era and Rising Personnel Management: Emergence of the Term “Personnel”: Personnel Management can draw back to ancient times, when tribal members assigned for specific jobs of hunting or gathering and there were employment tests to identify special talents in servants for particular jobs. They had trainee system to train their new appointed servants. At that
An automated library is one where a computer system is used to manage one or several of the library's key functions such as acquisitions, serials control, cataloging, circulation and the public access catalog. When exploring the history of library automation, it is possible to return to past centuries when visionaries well before the computer age created devices to assist with their book lending systems. Even as far back as 1588, the invention of the French 'Book Wheel' allowed scholars to
The Korean War The Korean War is a forgotten conflict in American history in which this conflict was followed by World War II in 1950. The United States didn’t enter World War II until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. World War II has ended resulting in the United States defeating Nazi Germany, in support of allies of the United States in coordination with the United Nations. The citizens of America have peace and prosperity now that their G.I.s are home. However, there
Throughout the twentieth century the world as a whole made a huge leap forward into bettering the future. Technology as a whole was improving but it really made a jump during World War I and World War II. We started to see weapons that changed the whole front of fighting wars. The Cold War also forced countries to improve on all levels including nuclear warfare and space technology. With the innovation of new tools helped the amount of food and how fast it was made improve. The inventions of new
The Cold War saw several fronts where competition for bragging rights between the United States and Soviet Union escalated into almost total nuclear wars. The Cold War was one of those fronts where tensions grew dramatically.After the launch of Sputnik from the Soviets the United States decided it was time to start evolving its technology in a way that was efficient and progressing faster than the Soviets. The Cold War affected the development of technology in the United States by making the government
telegraphone. During World War II, both the Allies and the Axis used magnetic tape to conduct surveillance on their enemies, and on their own citizens. Prior to the war, most legislation and court decisions had limited the ability of the United States government to wiretap its own citizens. With the onset of hostilities, however, the issue of national security began to weigh heavily on legislators. This use of domestic wiretapping was never dialed back, even increasing during the Cold War era as the
Better roads and highways are considered a part of the post war technology, since when everyone returned from the conflict, the expansion created new jobs, more space, and more profit in the long run. For example, the, “new jobs due to the impact of the automobile such as fast food, city/highway construction, state patrol/police, convenience stores, gas stations, auto repair shops, auto shops, etc. allow more employment for the world 's growing population” (The Impact of the Automobile on the 20th
Blue vs Big Red For decades the digital war between Macintoshes (Macs) and Personal Computers (PCs) has been a never ending struggle to see who ranks the better competition. Because Microsoft has dominated the software field, more and more businesses use PCs rather than Macs. But does that make the PC better than the Mac. Let 's take a trip back in time and review the evolution of a computer company. It 's not IBM or Microsoft. This company is Apple Computers, Incorporated. In the year 1976, before