The Most Complex Machine: A Survey of Computers and Computing

Eck, David J.

ISBN 10: 1568811284 / ISBN 13: 9781568811284

Published by Routledge, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Most Complex Machine: A Survey of Computers and Computing
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568811284
• ISBN 13: 9781568811284
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 635 grams

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Synopsis

This introduction to computers presents the fundamental ideas and principles on which modern computers are built. While used as a text for courses in computer appreciation as well as introductions to computer science, the book has found a wide audience among computer users who wish to understand the basis of the machines that form and transform our society.

What Computers Do • Teaching Silicon to Compute • Building a Computer •†Theoretical Computers • Real Computers • Programming • Subroutines and Recursion • Real Programming Languages • Applications • Cooperating Computers • Graphics • Artificial Intelligence • Answers • The text is supplemented by a web site that gives access to other problems and projects.