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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... consider the process of storing the value 38 , which is .011 in binary notation . In this case the mantissa will be It will not be __1100 0110 This is because we fill in the mantissa field starting with the leftmost 1 that appears in ...
... consider the task of searching the list on the left of the figure for the entry John . We first consider the middle entry Harry . Since our target belongs after this entry , the search continues by considering the lower half of the ...
... consider why you answered as you did and whether your justifications are con- sistent from one question to the next . 1. Suppose the best algorithm for solving a problem would require 100 years to exe- cute . Would you consider the ...