Computer Science: An Overview

by J.GlennBrookshear (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $5.81

  Students and instructors alike continue to praise the broad coverage and clear exposition that Computer Science: An Overview uses to present a complete picture of the dynamic computer science field. Accessible to students from all backgrounds, Glenn Brookshear uses a language-independent context to encourage the development of a practical, realistic understanding of the field.
  
  The Tenth Edition employs several world-renowned experts in respective fields to ensure that coverage reflects cutting-edge technology and appeals to today's students. Timely topics such as bioinformatics and artificial intelligence engage students, and the text provides coverage of foundational hardware topics like data representation and storage, machine architecture, and machine language.
  

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  Paperback
  1993

  $14.24

  This work offers a survey of computer science, covering many topics and equipping the reader with an understanding of the scope of the science as well as the terminology in the field. Topics include computer architecture, operating systems, algorithm development, programming languages and paradigms, software engineering, data structures, file computation and complexity theory. This edition contains new sections on: the growing importance of object-oriented methodologies in programming and database design; parallel programming; network protocols; and software engineering. Throughout, additional material is also included relating topics in computer science to ethical, social and legal issues.