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Great ideas in computer science with java

By Alan W. Biermann , Dietolf Ramm

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9780262024976, 0-262-02497-7
Open Library ID
OL9776465M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (7982185 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
551\551
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This book presents the "great ideas" of computer science, condensing a large amount of complex material into a manageable, accessible form; it does so using the Java programming language. The book is based on the problem-oriented approach that has been so successful in traditional quantitative sciences. For example, the reader learns about database systems by coding one in Java, about system architecture by reading and writing programs in assembly language, about compilation by hand-compiling Java statements into assembly language, and about noncomputability by studying a proof of noncomputability and learning to classify problems as either computable or noncomputable. The book covers an unusually broad range of material at a surprisingly deep level. It also includes chapters on networking and security. Even the reader who pursues computer science no further will acquire an understanding of the conceptual structure of computing and information technology that every well-informed citizen should have.

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