<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> This book presents key milestones in the history of computer technology and the early days of computer science. A focus is placed on the new devices and research findings that have aroused particular attention in past years. Many tables provide a global overview on the earliest digital computers. A multilingual bibliography with over 3,000 titles completes the volume.