A Balanced Introduction to Computer ScienceThis carefully written, balanced book teaches the most important concepts in computing and computer science while providing enough programming depth to enable understanding about how people work with computers. Taking advantage of today's interest in and familiarity with the Web, the book contains experimental problems using Web-based tools; enabling readers to learn the fundamentals of programming by developing their own interactive Web pages. Beginning with an introduction, overview, and the basics of computers, the book proceeds with comprehensive chapters on HTML and Web pages, the Internet, JavaScript and Web page creation, the history of computers, abstraction and user-defined functions, algorithms and programming languages, event-driven programming, conditional execution, data representation, conditional repetition, JavaScript strings, and transistors and integrated circuits. This book can serve as an excellent reference resource for those entering the computer job market: programmers, Web site and Web page designers, and technical support staff. |
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... contain and some technical details . • • • System 2 contains twice as much cache ( 512KB vs. 256KB ) and four times more RAM ( 1GB vs. 256MB ) than System 1 does . Since main memory is used to store active data , System 2 will pro- vide ...
... contain and some technical details . • • • System 2 contains twice as much cache ( 512KB vs. 256KB ) and four times more RAM ( 1GB vs. 256MB ) than System 1 does . Since main memory is used to store active data , System 2 will pro- vide ...
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... contains additional formatting information in a language called HTML ( HyperText Markup Language ) . Using HTML , a Web page creator can identify various fea- tures of a page , such as a section heading , a centered table , or an image ...
... contains additional formatting information in a language called HTML ( HyperText Markup Language ) . Using HTML , a Web page creator can identify various fea- tures of a page , such as a section heading , a centered table , or an image ...
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... ( containing no spaces ) or a phrase ( containing one or more spaces ) . The func- tion should return a string value , either " word " or " phrase " , depending on whether the input string contains any spaces . Once you have developed ...
... ( containing no spaces ) or a phrase ( containing one or more spaces ) . The func- tion should return a string value , either " word " or " phrase " , depending on whether the input string contains any spaces . Once you have developed ...
Contents
Computer Basics | 1 |
HTML and Web Pages | 19 |
The Internet and the | 37 |
Copyright | |
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