Fatal Defect : Chasing Killer Computer Bugs
Language: English
Published by Times Books : Random House, New York, 1995
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: JB Books, Garrison, ND, U.S.A.JB Books
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Condition: Used - Fine
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FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A fascinating examation of how software defects, design errors, and other computer-related glitches result in real-world problems for ordinary people, such as ATMs that don't work properly, medical misdiagnoses and wrong treatments administered, records lost, identities 'stolen', much more, and what people and society can and should do to protect themselves. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains bibliography, indexed, 260pp., remainders dot. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- Fatal Defect : Chasing Killer Computer Bugs
- Author
- Peterson, Ivars
- Publisher
- Times Books : Random House, New York
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0812920236
- ISBN 13
- 9780812920239
- Edition
- First Edition (stated).
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- General
Each computer failure is a reminder that we all pay a price for sloppy thinking in software development, for making the rush to market a more important consideration than safety and reliability. No software can ever be guaranteed 100 percent bug-free, but if we analyze our past mistakes and rethink our approach to computers, we can defuse some ticking time bombs and create a more trustworthy next generation of computers.
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