Computer Science: An Overview

by J.GlennBrookshear (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $5.82

  In this language-independent book, J. Glenn Brookshear provides accurate and balanced coverage of a variety of topics, providing an overview to the discipline of computer science. Brookshear is a master of making even the most complex topics accessible through his no-nonsense style and the use of real life analogies and concrete examples. This latest edition maintains its delicate balance of breadth of subject matter and depth of coverage that has made previous editions so successful.New Highlights Includes a larger emphasis on the object-oriented paradigm and networking, including coverage of the World Wide Web and the Java Programming Language. Offers end-of-chapter Questions of Ethics in addition to discussions of ethics throughout the book. Contains new sections on digital circuitry, the client/server model, data compression, and digital representation of graphics. Provides a complete teaching package, including a new C++ lab manual, C and Pascal lab manuals, and a World Wide Web site. 0805346325B04062001

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $14.08

  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.