A Balanced Introduction to Computer ScienceFor Introduction to Computing and the Web courses in departments of Math and Computer Science. This thoughtfully written text uses the Internet as a central theme, studying its history, technology, and current use. Experimental problems use Web-based tools, enabling students to learn programming fundamentals by developing their own interactive Web pages with HTML and JavaScript. Integrating breadth-based and depth-based chapters, Reed covers a broad range of topics balanced with programming depth in a hands-on, tutorial style. Supplements Include:
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... perform tasks similar to those in Chapter 4 , but involving numerical computations . The pages ' JavaScript statements read in and store numbers , perform some compu- tation on those numbers , and then display the result . Thus , the ...
... perform tasks similar to those in Chapter 4 , but involving numerical computations . The pages ' JavaScript statements read in and store numbers , perform some compu- tation on those numbers , and then display the result . Thus , the ...
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... perform an addition , 6 seconds to perform a multiplication , and 12 seconds to perform a division . Nevertheless , the Mark I represented a major advance in that it could complete complex calculations approximately 100 times faster ...
... perform an addition , 6 seconds to perform a multiplication , and 12 seconds to perform a division . Nevertheless , the Mark I represented a major advance in that it could complete complex calculations approximately 100 times faster ...
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... perform repeated experiments without reloading the page. Figure 17.17 portrays one possible layout for the page ... perform 100 dice rolls and report the results. Are your percentages close to the expected ones listed in Figure 17.14 ...
... perform repeated experiments without reloading the page. Figure 17.17 portrays one possible layout for the page ... perform 100 dice rolls and report the results. Are your percentages close to the expected ones listed in Figure 17.14 ...
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