Computer Science: An OverviewComputer Science: An Overview truly lives up to its title, providing a timely introduction to the entire computer science discipline. Broad coverage, combined with clear explanations, has made it the leading textbook for the breadth-first course. This book provides a balanced, realistic picture that communicates the dynamics of computer science by presenting topics in a historical perspective in which past developments, the current state of the art, and directions of research are discussed. The coverage of topics such as programming languages, operating systems, algorithms, software engineering, networking, database design, artificial intelligence, and machine architecture result in a complete overview of the field of computer science. |
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... consists of only 12 basic instructions . Each of these instructions is encoded using a total of 16 bits , represented by four hexadecimal digits ( Figure 2.5 ) . The op - code for each instruc- tion consists of the first four bits or ...
... consists of software units collectively known as utility soft- ware . The majority of an installation's utility software consists of programs for performing activities that are fundamental to computer installations but not included in ...
... consists of a sequence of steps that are executed by the machine's control unit . Each step consists of observing the symbol in the cur- rent tape cell ( the one viewed by the read - write head ) , writing a symbol in that cell ...