Most Complex Machine: A Survey of Computers and Computing

Eck, David J.

ISBN 10: 1568810547 / ISBN 13: 9781568810546

Edité par A K Peters, Wellesley, MA, 1995

445 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Published without dust jacket. First Edition / First Printing. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1. N° de réf. du vendeur 026827

Synopsis :

This introduction to computers presents the fundamental ideas and principles on which modern computers are built. While used as a text for courses in computer appreciation as well as introductions to computer science, the book has found a wide audience among computer users who wish to understand the basis of the machines that form and transform our society.

What Computers Do • Teaching Silicon to Compute • Building a Computer •†Theoretical Computers • Real Computers • Programming • Subroutines and Recursion • Real Programming Languages • Applications • Cooperating Computers • Graphics • Artificial Intelligence • Answers • The text is supplemented by a web site that gives access to other problems and projects.

Présentation de l'éditeur: This introduction to computers presents the fundamental ideas and principles on which modern computers are built. While used as a text for courses in computer appreciation as well as introductions to computer science, the book has found a wide audience among computer users who wish to understand the basis of the machines that form and transform our society.

What Computers Do • Teaching Silicon to Compute • Building a Computer •†Theoretical Computers • Real Computers • Programming • Subroutines and Recursion • Real Programming Languages • Applications • Cooperating Computers • Graphics • Artificial Intelligence • Answers • The text is supplemented by a web site that gives access to other problems and projects.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Most Complex Machine: A Survey of Computers ...
Éditeur : A K Peters, Wellesley, MA
Date d'édition : 1995
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Near Fine to Fine
Etat de la jaquette : Printed Boards
Edition : 1st Edition