Understanding the digital world : what you need to know about computers, the Internet, privacy, and...
Understanding the digital world : what you need to know about computers, the Internet, privacy, and...
Understanding the digital world : what you need to know about computers, the Internet, privacy, and security / Brian W. Kernighan.
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Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
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GQ 2017/103
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 238 pages ; 27 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Hardware. What's in a computer? -- Bits, bytes, and representation of information -- Inside the CPU -- Wrapup on hardware -- Part II. Software. Algorithms -- Programming and programming languages -- Software systems -- Learning to program -- Wrapup on software -- P...
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Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
Based on the author's Princeton course Computers in Our Word, this book is intended as a compact but detailed and thorough explanation of how computers and communications systems work, for non-technical readers. It explains how today's computing and communications world operates, from hardware through software to the Internet and the web, also addr...
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Understanding the digital world : what you need to know about computers, the Internet, privacy, and security / Brian W. Kernighan.
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Revised edition of: D is for digital. 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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GQ 2017/103
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74VKV7m22Xod
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ISBN
069117654X hardcover alkaline paper
9780691176543 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
004
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991024063859702626
