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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... sequence Add a drop of sulfuric acid . Add a drop of sulfuric acid . Add a drop of sulfuric acid . we cannot produce a similar sequence that is equivalent to the loop described by while ( the pH level is greater than 4 ) do ( add a drop ...
... sequence of SELECT , PROJECT , and JOIN operations . 35. Translate the SQL statement select ASSIGNMENT.StartDate from ASSIGNMENT , EMPLOYEE where ASSIGNMENT . EmplId = EMPLOYEE.Emplid and EMPLOYEE.Name = " Joe E. Baker " into a sequence ...
... sequence while name not 0 do ; end ; ( where name represents any variable name ) causes any statement or statement sequence positioned between the while and end statements to be repeated as long as the value of the variable name is not ...