Computer Science
An Overview
J.Glenn Brookshear(Author)
Benjamin Cummings (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 1. December 1993
Book
Hardback
500 pages
978-0-8053-4627-5 (ISBN)
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Description
This work offers a survey of computer science, covering many topics and equipping the reader with an understanding of the scope of the science as well as the terminology in the field. Topics include computer architecture, operating systems, algorithm development, programming languages and paradigms, software engineering, data structures, file computation and complexity theory. This edition contains new sections on: the growing importance of object-oriented methodologies in programming and database design; parallel programming; network protocols; and software engineering. Throughout, additional material is also included relating topics in computer science to ethical, social and legal issues.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 194 mm
Weight
762 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8053-4627-5 (9780805346275)
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Content
Data storage; data manipulation; operating systems; algorithms; programming languages; software engineering; data structures; file structures; database structures; artificial intelligence; theory of computation.