Computer Science: An OverviewComputer Science: An Overview truly lives up to its title, providing an introduction to the entire computer science discipline. This broad coverage, combined with clear explanations, has made it the leading textbook for the beadth-first/CS0 course. The text is unique in that it avoids presenting topics from the perspective of any particular programming language. Moreover, the text 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 result is a balanced, realistic picture of computer science, including such topics as programming languages, operating systems, algorithms, software engineering, networking, database design, artificial intelligence, and machine architecture. This seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to discuss important trends in such areas as networking and the Internet, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. Topics added include open-source development, associative memory, XML, and C#. Thought-provoking discussions of ethical and legal issues revolving around computing are integrated into each chapter rather than being presented as separate, isolated topics. |
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... internet . That is , in the case of an internet , the original networks maintain their individuality and continue to function as independent networks . They are merely linked so that mes- sages in one can be transferred to the other ...
... Internet by means of a router that connects one of the networks in the domain to a network already in the Internet . This particular router is often referred to as the domain's gateway in that it represents the domain's gate to the ...
... Internet software layers Application Transport Network Link of the Internet's application layer would be considered utility software in the classi- fication scheme of Section 3.2 . An example is a collection of routines for transferring ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
MACHINE ARCHITECTURE | 17 |
Data Manipulation | 73 |
Copyright | |
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