The Most Important Software Innovations

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A comprehensive historical survey of the most important software innovations from 1837 to the 1970s, carefully distinguishing between hardware advances, product releases, and genuine software innovations. The list covers foundational concepts like stored programs, subroutines, compilers, garbage collection, object-oriented

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The Most Important Software InnovationsIntroductionCriteriaSourcesThe Most Important Software InnovationsSoftware PatentsWhat’s Not an Important Software Innovation?ConclusionsAppendix: Software Innovations Being Considered

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