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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... string . In our case , we count backward five symbols , which leads us to the sec- ond x from the left in the decompressed string . We now begin appending to the end of the decompressed string the symbols found at this position . The ...
... string while leaving the other four bits undisturbed . What mask must you use together with what operation ? 4. a . Suppose you XOR the first two bits of a string of bits and then continue down the string by successively XORing each ...
... string conforms to a set of syntax diagrams can be repre- sented in a pictorial form by a parse tree , as demonstrated in Figure 5.19 , which presents a parse tree for the string x + yXI based on the set of diagrams in Figure 5.18 ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
MACHINE ARCHITECTURE | 17 |
Data Manipulation | 73 |
Copyright | |
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