Computer Science: An Overview, Global Edition

* Asterisks indicate suggestions for optional sections.

1. Introduction

• 0.1 The Role of Algorithms
• 0.2 The History of Computing
• 0.3 An Outline of Our Study
• 0.4 The Overarching Themes of Computer Science

1. Data Storage

• 1.1 Bits and Their Storage
• 1.2 Main Memory
• 1.3 Mass Storage
• 1.4 Representing Information as Bit Patterns
• *1.5 The Binary System
• *1.6 Storing Integers
• *1.7 Storing Fractions
• *1.8 Data and Programming
• *1.9 Data Compression
• *1.10 Communication Errors

• Data Manipulation

• 2.1 Computer Architecture
• 2.2 Machine Language
• 2.3 Program Execution
• *2.4 Arithmetic/Logic Instructions
• *2.5 Communicating with Other Devices
• *2.6 Programming Data Manipulation
• *2.7 Other Architectures

• Operating Systems

• 3.1 The History of Operating Systems
• 3.2 Operating System Architecture
• 3.3 Coordinating the Machine's Activities
• *3.4 Handling Competition Among Processes
• 3.5 Security

• Networking and the Internet

• 4.1 Network Fundamentals
• 4.2 The Internet
• 4.3 The World Wide Web
• *4.4 Internet Protocols
• *4.5 Simple Client Server
• 4.6 Cybersecurity

• Algorithms

• 5.1 The Concept of an Algorithm
• 5.2 Algorithm Representation
• 5.3 Algorithm Discovery
• 5.4 Iterative Structures
• 5.5 Recursive Structures
• 5.6 Efficiency and Correctness

• Programming Languages

• 6.1 Historical Perspective
• 6.2 Traditional Programming Concepts
• 6.3 Procedural Units
• 6.4 Language Implementation
• 6.5 Object-Oriented Programming
• *6.6 Programming Concurrent Activities
• *6.7 Declarative Programming

• Software Engineering

• 7.1 The Software Engineering Discipline
• 7.2 The Software Life Cycle
• 7.3 Software Engineering Methodologies
• 7.4 Modularity
• 7.5 Tools of the Trade
• 7.6 Quality Assurance
• 7.7 Documentation
• 7.8 The Human-Machine Interface
• 7.9 Software Ownership and Liability

• Data Abstractions

• 8.1 Basic Data Structures
• 8.2 Related Concepts
• 8.3 Implementing Data Structures
• 8.4 A Short Case Study
• 8.5 Customized Data Types
• 8.6 Classes and Objects
• *8.7 Pointers in Machine Language

• Database Systems

• 9.1 Database Fundamentals
• 9.2 The Relational Model
• *9.3 Object-Oriented Databases
• *9.4 Maintaining Database Integrity
• *9.5 Traditional File Structures
• 9.6 Data Mining
• 9.7 Social Impact of Database Technology

• Computer Graphics

• 10.1 The Scope of Computer Graphics
• 10.2 Overview of 3D Graphics
• 10.3 Modeling
• 10.4 Rendering
• *10.5 Dealing with Global Lighting
• 10.6 Animation

• Artificial Intelligence

• 11.1 Intelligence and Machines
• 11.2 Perception
• 11.3 Reasoning
• 11.4 Additional Areas of Research
• 11.5 Artificial Neural Networks
• 11.6 Robotics
• 11.7 Considering the Consequences

• Theory of Computation

• 12.1 Functions and Their Computation
• 12.2 Turing Machines
• 12.3 Universal Programming Languages
• 12.4 A Noncomputable Function
• 12.5 Complexity of Problems
• *12.6 Public-Key Cryptography

• Appendixes:

• A. ASCII
• B. Circuits to Manipulate Two's Complement Representations
• C. Vole: A Simple Machine Language
• D. High-Level Programming Languages
• E. The Equivalence of Iterative and Recursive Structures
• F. Answers to Questions & Exercises

Index