Libro Sobre Lenguaje De Programacion, Sistema Binario, Internet Y Redes

computer science
AN OVERVIEW

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computer science
AN OVERVIEW

11th Edition
J. Glenn Brookshear
with contributions from

David T. Smith
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Dennis Brylow
Marquette University

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Credits Figure 0.3: “An abacus ”. Wayne Chandler. Figure 0.4: “The Mark I computer.” Courtesy of IBM corporate archives. Unauthorized use is not permitted. Figure 10.1: “A photograph of a viral world produced by using 3D graphics (from Toy Story by Walt Disney/Pixar Animation Studios) Disney/Pixar. Figure 10.6: “A scene from Shrek 2 by DreamworksSKG. Dreamworks/ Picture Desk Inc./Kobal collection. Figure 11.19: “Results of using a neural network to classify pixels in an image.” Inspired by www.actapress.com. Chapter 11, Robots Making History feature: a. “A soccer robot kicks a ball during the RoboCup German Open 2010 on April 15, 2010 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany.” Jens Schlueter/AFP/ Getty Images/ Newscom. b. “Tartan Racing’s “Boss—winnerof the Urban Challenge, a contest sponsored by DARPA to have vehicles drive themselves an urban environment.” DARPA. c. “One of NASA’s rovers—a robot geologist exploring the surface of Mars.” Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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ISBN 10: 0-13-256903-5 ISBN 13: 978-0-13-256903-3

preface
This book presents an introductory survey of computer science. It explores the breadth of the subject while including enough depth to convey an honest appreciation for the topics involved.

Audience
I wrote this text for students of computer science aswell as students from other disciplines. As for computer science students, most begin their studies with the illusion that computer science is programming, Web browsing, and Internet file sharing since that is essentially all they have seen. Yet computer science is much more than this. In turn, beginning computer science students need exposure to the breadth of the subject in which they are...