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Concise Encyclopedia of Computer Science has beenadapted from the full Fourth Edition to meet the needs of students,teachers and professional computer users in science andindustry. As an ideal desktop reference, it contains shorterversions of 60% of the articles found in the Fourth Edition,putting computer knowledge at your fingertips.
Organised to work for you, it has several features that make itan invaluable and accessible reference. These include:
- Cross references to closely related articles to ensure that youdon t miss relevant information
- Appendices covering abbreviations and acronyms, notation andunits, and a timeline of significant milestones in computing havebeen included to ensure that you get the most from the book.
- A comprehensive index containing article titles, names ofpersons cited, references to sub–categories and important words ingeneral usage, guarantees that you can easily find the informationyou need.
Classification of articles around the following nine mainthemes allows you to follow a self study regime in a particulararea:
- Hardware
- Computer Systems
- Information and Data
- Software
- Mathematics of Computing
- Theory of Computation
- Methodologies
- Applications
- Computing Milieux.
Presenting a wide ranging perspective on the key concepts anddevelopments that define the discipline, the ConciseEncyclopedia of Computer Science is a valuable reference forall computer users.