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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... Transfer The data transfer group consists of instructions that request the movement of data from one location to another . Steps 1 , 2 , and 4 in Figure 2.2 fall into this category . We should note that using terms such as transfer or ...
... transfer tones one after the other . Communication between com- puters over these lines is accomplished by first converting bit patterns into audible tones by means of a modem ( short for modulator - demodulator ) , transferring these ...
... transferring video by this method is slow beyond reason . Thus new technologies are continually being developed to provide higher transfer rates to customers who might otherwise use traditional tele- phone lines . One of these ...