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1 online resource (xxx, 514 pages) : illustrations. |
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Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing |
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Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing.
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| 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? |
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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. |
| Summary |
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 QuestionsWhat Can Computers Do for Me?What Should I Know about the Sizes and Speeds of Computers?How Are Software Packages Developed?Networking/Distributed System QuestionsHow Are Computers Connected?How Do Computers Share Information, So That I Can Exchange Materials with Others Using a Computer Network?Wh. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Computers.
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Computers -- Philosophy.
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Electronic data processing.
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Internet.
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Electronic digital computers.
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Ordinateurs. |
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Ordinateurs -- Philosophie. |
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Internet. |
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computers. |
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Internet. |
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Electronic digital computers |
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Computers |
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Electronic data processing |
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Internet |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Walker, Henry M. Tao of computing. Second edition. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2013] 9781439892527 |
| ISBN |
9781439892527 (electronic bk.) |
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1439892520 (electronic bk.) |
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9780429065729 electronic book |
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0429065728 electronic book |
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