Computer Science: An OverviewThe sixth edition of this classic text for the breadth-first computer science course has been thoroughly updated to discuss increasingly important trends such as networking, object-oriented programming, and genetic algorithms. Author and educator J. Glenn Brookshear continues to introduce students to the discipline of computer science by providing accurate and balanced coverage of CS as a whole and of a variety of CS topics, including programming languages and artificial intelligence. This edition features new sections on public key encryption, evolutionary programming and genetic algorithms, as well as thoroughly revised sections on data manipulation, operating systems and networking. Features *Updates students on recent changes and current trends in the industry, such as networking, genetic algorithms and object-oriented programming * Puts learning in perspective by using real-life analogies and concrete examples to make even the most complex topics accessible to students *Web site provides students and instructors with online resources of topics found in the text *New and extended ethical sections in software engineering and database systems, in addition to optional Computers a |
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Page 83
... transfer or move terminology is actually a misnomer , with more descriptive terms being copy or clone . While on the subject of terminology , we should men- tion that special terms are used when referring to the transfer of data between ...
... transfer or move terminology is actually a misnomer , with more descriptive terms being copy or clone . While on the subject of terminology , we should men- tion that special terms are used when referring to the transfer of data between ...
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... transfer tones one after the other . Communication between computers over these lines is accomplished by first converting bit patterns into audible tones by means of a modem ( short for modulator - demodulator ) , trans- ferring these ...
... transfer tones one after the other . Communication between computers over these lines is accomplished by first converting bit patterns into audible tones by means of a modem ( short for modulator - demodulator ) , trans- ferring these ...
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... transfer data and programs from one computer to another . Thus it is easy to transfer the knowledge held by one machine to many machines . In con- trast , it sometimes takes a long time for a human to transfer knowledge to another human ...
... transfer data and programs from one computer to another . Thus it is easy to transfer the knowledge held by one machine to many machines . In con- trast , it sometimes takes a long time for a human to transfer knowledge to another human ...
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8 This new section also contains material on LZ77 and image repre | 4 |
Intelligence has two new sectionsSection 10 5 Genetic algorithms | 10 |
MACHINE ARCHITECTURE | 15 |
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