Understanding the Digital World : What You Need to Know about Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security /

Computers are everywhere. Some of them are highly visible, in laptops, tablets, cell phones, and smart watches. But most are invisible, like those in appliances, cars, medical equipment, transportation systems, power grids, and weapons. We never see the myriad computers that quietly collect, share,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kernighan, Brian W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Atarazanas > Valencia
World Wide Web
Datenverarbeitung
Computerunterstützte Kommunikation
Computer
Computer science.
Computer networks > Security measures.
Reseaux d'ordinateurs > Securite > Mesures > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Informatique > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Computer networks > Security measures > Popular works.
Computer science > Popular works.
Popular works.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Hardware. What's in a computer?
  • Bits, bytes, and representation of information
  • Inside the CPU
  • Wrapup on hardware
  • Part II. Software. Algorithms
  • Programming and programming languages
  • Software systems
  • Learning to program
  • Wrapup on software
  • Part III. Communications. Networks
  • The Internet
  • The World Wide Web
  • Data and information
  • Privacy and security
  • Wrapping up.

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