The Tao of computing /
Underlying Building-Block QuestionsHow Are Computers Organized?How Are Numbers and Characters Represented in a Computer (and Who Cares)?How Are Images Represented (and Does It Matter)?Where are Programs and Data Stored?What is an Operating System and What Does It Do?Software/Problem-Solving Question...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
[2013]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1
- How Are Computers Organized?; Chapter 2
- How Are Numbers and Characters Represented in a Computer (and Who Cares)?; Chapter 3
- How Are Images Represented (and Does It Matter)?; Chapter 4
- Where Are Programs and Data Stored?; Chapter 5
- What Is an Operating System, and What Does It Do?; Chapter 6
- What Can Computers Do℗ for℗ Me?; Chapter 7
- What Should I Know about the Sizes and Speeds of Computers?; Chapter 8
- How Are Software Packages Developed?; Chapter 9
- How Are Computers Connected?
- Chapter 10
- How Do Computers Share Information So That I Can Exchange Materials with Others Using a Computer Network?Chapter 11
- When Can I Consider My Personal Data Secure?; Chapter 12
- How Does the Internet Work?; Chapter 13
- How Do Web Applications Work?; Chapter 14
- How Private (or Public) Are℗ Web Interactions?; Chapter 15
- How Universal Is Access to Computers and the Web?; Chapter 16
- Can I Use Web-Based Materials in the Same Way as I Use Printed Sources?; Chapter 17
- Can Computers Think (Now or℗ in the Future)?; Back Cover.