MARC details
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
100227s2004 maua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2003113866 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0534419941 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Sirsi) u3889 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
EG-CaNU |
| Transcribing agency |
EG-CaNU |
| Modifying agency |
EG-CaNU |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
ncode |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
004 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Schneider, G. Michael. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1306 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Invitation to computer science : |
| Remainder of title |
Java version 2e / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
G. Michael Schneider, Judith L. Gersting. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
2nd ed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Boston, MA : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Thomson/Course Technology, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxiv, 718 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
28 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
1. An Introduction to Computer Science Level 1: The Algorithmic Foundations of Computer Science 2. Algorithm Discovery and Design 3. The Efficiency of Algorithms Level 2: The Hardware World 4. The Building Blocks: Binary Numbers, Boolean Logic, and Gates 5. Computer Systems Organization Level 3: The Virtual Machine 6. An Introduction to System Software and Virtual Machines 7. Computer Networks, the Internet, and the World Level 4: The Software World 8. Introduction to High-Level Language Programming 9. The Tower of Babel 10. Compilers and Language Translation 11. Models of Computation Level 5: Applications 12. Simulation and Modeling 13. Electronic Commerce and Information Security 14. Artificial Intelligence Level 6: Social Issues in Computing 15. Making Decisions about Computers, Information, and Society |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
In this best-selling text, Mike Schneider and Judy Gersting unify and lend relevance to the topics of computer science within their proven framework of a six-layer hierarchy of abstractions. The authors begin by showing that computer science is the study of algorithms, which is the central theme of the book, then move up the next five levels of the hierarchy: hardware, virtual machine, software, applications, and ethics. Each layer in the hierarchy builds upon the ideas and concepts presented in earlier chapters. In addition to some motivational applications such as Web page design and interactive graphics, the book covers the fundamental issues of algorithms, hardware design, computer organization, system software, language models, theory of computation, and social and ethical issues of computing. Exposure to these deeper and more complex core ideas introduces students to the richness and beauty of the field and helps them appreciate the principles behind their creation and implementation. While feeling the excitement of computer science, students receive a solid grounding in the central concepts as well as in important uses of computing and information technology. |
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1 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Computer science |
| 9 (RLIN) |
7660 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Java (Computer program language) |
| 9 (RLIN) |
156 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Gersting, Judith L |
| 9 (RLIN) |
7661 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Miller, Keith |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1571 |