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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Henry M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2013]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.