Computer Science: An OverviewComputer Science: An Overview truly lives up to its title, providing an introduction to the entire computer science discipline. This broad coverage, combined with clear explanations, has made it the leading textbook for the beadth-first/CS0 course. The text is unique in that it avoids presenting topics from the perspective of any particular programming language. Moreover, the text 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 result is a balanced, realistic picture of computer science, including such topics as programming languages, operating systems, algorithms, software engineering, networking, database design, artificial intelligence, and machine architecture. This seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to discuss important trends in such areas as networking and the Internet, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. Topics added include open-source development, associative memory, XML, and C#. Thought-provoking discussions of ethical and legal issues revolving around computing are integrated into each chapter rather than being presented as separate, isolated topics. |
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... encryption techniques have been developed . One popular approach to encryp- tion of messages sent over the Internet is called public - key encryption . It allows many people to send secure messages to a central receiver . Pub- lic - key ...
... encryption keys used for data encryption are not the same as the decoding keys used to decode the encrypted information . People who know the encryption keys can encrypt messages , but they cannot decode messages that have been ...
... encrypted . Do you have the right to decrypt the underlying structure ? If so , do you have the right to use that information in a commercial manner ? What about a noncommercial manner ? What if the encryption was done using a secret ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
MACHINE ARCHITECTURE | 17 |
Data Manipulation | 73 |
Copyright | |
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