A balanced introduction to computer science
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A balanced introduction to computer science
Pearson, Prentice Hall, c2005
- : pbk.
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For Introduction to Computing and the Web courses in the departments of Math and Computer Science.
This carefully written, balanced text teaches students the most important concepts in computing and computer science while providing enough programming depth to enable them to understand how people work with computers. Taking advantage of today's students' interest in and familiarity with the Web, the text contains experimental problems using Web-based tools; enabling them to learn the fundamentals of programming by developing their own interactive Web pages.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Overview.
1. Computer Basics.
2. HTML and Web Pages.
3. The Internet and the World Wide Web.
4. JavaScript and Dynamic Web Pages.
5. JavaScript Numbers and Expressions.
6. The History of Computers.
7. Abstraction and User-Defined Functions.
8. Algorithms and Programming Languages.
9. Event-Driven Programming.
10. Computer Science as a Discipline.
11. Conditional Execution.
12. Data Representation.
13. Conditional Repetition.
14. Inside the Computer - The von Neumann Architecture.
15. JavaScript Strings.
16. Inside the Computer - Transistors and Integrated Circuits.
17. JavaScript Arrays.
18. Computers and Society.
Appendix A: HTML Reference.
Appendix B: JavaScript Reference.
Appendix C: Browser Basics.
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