Introductory computer science : bits of theory, bytes of practice

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Introductory computer science : bits of theory, bytes of practice

A.K. Dewdney

Computer Science Press, c1996

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Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This introductory text provides both a foundation in a popular programming language (Turbo Pascal) and an introduction to the principles and applications of the field. In addition to providing an overview of computer science via programming, this book stresses applications that demonstrate computers' many roles in our lives and concepts that shape the design of new software and hardware.

Table of Contents

  • Hardware and software
  • programs from algorithms
  • input, output and in-between
  • electronic visions
  • nothing but logic
  • tons of data
  • the module is the message
  • a world of worlds
  • the tortoise and the hare
  • a worm on the screen
  • the designing computer. Appendices: the mandlerot set
  • electronic mail and the information highway
  • a graphic user interface.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA31910127
  • ISBN
    • 0716782863
  • LCCN
    95052602
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 368 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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