Supercomputers
Charting the Future of Cybernetics
Facts On File Inc (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 30. November 2003
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-8160-4730-7 (ISBN)
Description
Some computers are so fast and powerful that they are known as ""supercomputers."" The next generation of these computers will be able to complete more than one trillion operations per second. We need computers that are powerful enough to access, process, and apply the world's store of information, which is doubling approximately every five years. Supercomputers, a totally revised and expanded edition in the new Science and Technology in Focus series, introduces readers to the history of these powerful machines and looks to their role in the future. This new edition covers recent advances such as optical computing (the use of light, rather than electrons, to carry information) and quantum computing (the application of quantum mechanics to create computers that operate, in part, on the atomic scale). Written in a lively, informative tone, Supercomputers presents the latest computer technology in a clear and exciting format that will benefit all readers interested in this fast-growing field.
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Series
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
College/higher education
Young adult
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
40 b&w photographs, 15 line drawings and tables, index, bibliography, glossary
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8160-4730-7 (9780816047307)
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Previous edition
Book
10/1995
Facts On File Inc
€39.78
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