Download or read book The Computer Industry written by Jeffrey R. Yost and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally a military and scientific computational tool of a small number of government, scientific, and corporate elites in the late 1940s, the computer industry has evolved significantly in less than seventy years and has become one of the largest industries in America.