History Of Information Technology

AY2016/2017 Semester 2

The History of Information Technology surveys the history of computers and other information technologies from the nineteenth century to the present. Content will include nineteenth century `information technologies' such as Babbage's engines and the telegraph, the invention of the electronic computer, the emergence of networking, the rise of the personal computer, the growth of the World Wide Web, as well as recent trends in computing and information technology such as social networking and cloud computing.