Concepts in Computing

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ISBN: 9780763742959 | 0763742953
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/26/2007

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Perfect for the CS0 student, Concepts in Computing provides a clear and concise introduction and overview to the fundamentals of the computer science discipline. The text identifies the important relationship between the computing disciplines and the disciplines of engineering and mathematics. Concepts in Computing is also the ideal companion text in a CS1 Programming Course.

Foundation Concepts	p. 1
Computer Science	p. 3
The Computer System and Basic Instruction Processing Function	p. 31
Programming	p. 51
Foundations of Digital Electronic Computers	p. 73
Software and Programming Concepts	p. 85
Software Engineering	p. 87
Elementary Data Structures	p. 99
Complexity and Algorithm Analysis	p. 117
Computer Systems Concepts	p. 123
Machine Architecture	p. 125
Cache	p. 139
Language Translation	p. 149
Networking, the Internet, and the World Wide Web	p. 157
Advanced Computing Concepts	p. 167
Models of Computation	p. 169
Artificial intelligence	p. 179
Parallel Computation	p. 189
Computing Security	p. 203
Applying Computing	p. 209
Computing and Societal Issues: Ethics, Global Computing, and Academic Integrity	p. 217
Computer Number Systems	p. 223
Boolean Algebra	p. 237
Gates and Simple Devices	p. 245
Index	p. 251
Photograph Credits	p. 265
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