Computer Science
3rd Edition
Published in October 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
800 pages
978-0-905435-83-1 (ISBN)
Description
A manual used in GCE A level, BCS part I, City and Guilds, and BTEC courses, this edition has been updated to reflect the greater emphasis placed on the development and use of computers - rather than on numerical methods - in recent examinations. Topics given greater emphasis include: methods used in systems development, computer languages, applications packages, databases and human-computer interfaces (HCIs). The text is on the official reading list of IDPM part II Programming and Operations and is featured in the "BCS Computer Booklist for Schools". A lecturer's supplement is available.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 187 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-905435-83-1 (9780905435831)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Foundation topics; introduction to computers and computer science; data representation and transmission; number bases; an overview of hardware; an overview of software; storage; main storage; backing storage; input and output; terminals and workstations; output devices; data capture and data entry; human computer interfaces; computer systems organizations 1; computer systems architecture; data communications and networks; programming 1; operations on data; program structures; program design; program specification; files and file processing; computer file concepts; magnetic tape; magnetic disk; processing sequential files; processing non-sequential files; logic and formal notations; boolean algebra; machine logic; formal notations; computer arithmetic; arithmetical procedures; fixed-point and floating-point arithmetic; errors and accuracy; computer systems organization 2; machine language; low level language; input-output subsystem; operating systems; software; software types; high level language; translators; application packages; programming 2; further data structures; further methods; databases and 4GLs; database architecture; query language and 4GLs; systems development; system life-cycles; "Structured" methods; systems design; implementation and post-implementation; project management; applications; applications area; business computing; industrial computing; applications organization; computers in context; evolution of computer systems; computers in society.