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Invitation to computer science : C++ version / G. Michael Schneider, Judith L. Gersting ; contributing author, Keith Miller.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, MA : Thomsom/Course Technology, ©2004.Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xxiv, 716 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780534465452
  • 0534390978
  • 9780534390976
ISSN:
  • 0534390994
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA76 .S36
Contents:
CHAPTER 1. An introduction to computer science -- LEVEL 1. The Algorithmic foundations of computer science CHAPTER 2. Algorithm discovery and design -- CHAPTER 3. The efficiency of algorithms -- LEVEL 2. The hardware world CHAPTER 4. The building blocks: binary numbers, boolean logic, and gates -- CHAPTER 5. Computer systems organization -- LEVEL 3. The virtual machine CHAPTER 6. An introduction to system software and virtual machines -- CHAPTER 7. Computer networks, the internet, and the World Wide Web -- LEVEL 4. The software world CHAPTER 8. Introduction to high-level language programming -- CHAPTER 9. The Tower of Babel -- CHAPTER 10. Compilers and language translation -- CHAPTER 11. Models of computation -- LEVEL 5. Applications CHAPTER 12. Simulation and modeling -- CHAPTER 13. Electronic commerce and information security -- CHAPTER 14. Artificial intelligence -- LEVEL 6. Social issues in computing CHAPTER 15. Making decisions about computers, information, and society.
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Includes index.

CHAPTER 1. An introduction to computer science --
LEVEL 1. The Algorithmic foundations of computer science
CHAPTER 2. Algorithm discovery and design --
CHAPTER 3. The efficiency of algorithms --
LEVEL 2. The hardware world
CHAPTER 4. The building blocks: binary numbers, boolean logic, and gates --
CHAPTER 5. Computer systems organization --
LEVEL 3. The virtual machine
CHAPTER 6. An introduction to system software and virtual machines --
CHAPTER 7. Computer networks, the internet, and the World Wide Web --
LEVEL 4. The software world
CHAPTER 8. Introduction to high-level language programming --
CHAPTER 9. The Tower of Babel --
CHAPTER 10. Compilers and language translation --
CHAPTER 11. Models of computation --
LEVEL 5. Applications
CHAPTER 12. Simulation and modeling --
CHAPTER 13. Electronic commerce and information security --
CHAPTER 14. Artificial intelligence --
LEVEL 6. Social issues in computing
CHAPTER 15. Making decisions about computers, information, and society.

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