Principles of computer science /
editor, Donald R. Franceschetti.
- First edition.
- xiii, 381 pages : illustrations, charts ; 27 cm.
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Salem Press.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Publisher's Note -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors -- 3-D printing -- Agile robotics -- ALGOL -- Algorithms -- Android OS -- Application -- Applied linguistics -- Architecture software -- ASCII -- Assembly Language -- Autonomic computing -- Avatars and simulation -- BASIC -- Binary/hexadecimal representations -- Biochemical engineering -- Biomedical engineering -- Biometrics -- Biotechnology -- C++ -- CAD/CAM -- Cloud computing -- Combinatorics -- Communication technology -- CompTIA A+ certification -- Computer animation -- Computer Circuitry: Flip flops -- Computer Circuitry: Semiconductors -- Computer memory -- Computer modeling -- Computer programming: Image editing -- Computer programming: Music editing -- Computer programming: Video editing -- Computer security -- Computer-assisted instruction -- Connection machine -- Constraint programming -- Control systems -- CPU design -- Cryptography -- Deadlock -- Debugging -- Demon dialing/war dialing -- Device drivers -- Digital citizenship -- Digital forensics -- Digital signal processors -- Digital watermarking -- Dirty paper coding -- DOS -- Drones -- Electronic circuits -- Electronic communication software -- Electronic waste -- Encryption -- Firewalls -- Firmware -- Fitbit -- FORTRAN -- Functional design -- Game programming -- Graphical user interface. -- Graphics formats -- Green computing. Information technology -- Integrated development environments -- Intelligent tutoring system -- Internet privacy -- iOS -- LISP -- Malware -- Medical technology -- Mesh networking -- Metacomputing -- Microprocessors -- Microscale 3-D printing -- Mobile apps -- Mobile operating systems -- Molecular Computers -- Motherboards -- Multiprocessing operating systems -- Multitasking operating systems -- Multithreading operating systems -- Multitouch displays -- Multi-user operating systems -- Natural language processing -- Networking: routing and switches -- Neural networks -- Neuromorphic chips -- Object-oriented design -- Parallel processors -- Personal health monitor technology -- Personalized medicine -- Privacy regulations -- Programming languages -- PROLOG -- Quantum computers -- Quantum computing -- Random-access memory -- Removable memory -- Scaling systems -- Signal processing -- Smart homes -- Software architecture -- Software regulations -- Software testing -- Software-defined radio -- Speech-recognition software -- Turing machine -- Turing test -- Unicode -- UNIX -- Web design programming tools -- Web graphic design -- Windows operating system -- Wireframes -- Wireless networks -- Workplace monitoring -- Appendices -- History of Events Leading up to the -- Development of Modern Computers -- Timeline of Microprocessors -- The Pioneers of Computer Science -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Provides students and researchers with an easy-to-understand introduction to the fundamentals of computer science.