How Computers are Developed and Built : The Planning, Development and Production of Data Processing Systems

An insight into the world of the design and manufacture of data processing systems.

It explains the phases of production from planning to installation and describes the technologies used for components and production systems.

Other areas covered include the tools for planning and development and quality assurance strategies.

The final chapter considers where this development may lead in years to come. This text is aimed not only at school and college students, teachers and lecturers, but also at those who encounter computers in their work and would like to know more about the construction and internal workings of data processing systems.