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100	1		_aSchneider, G. Michael. _91306
245	1	0	_aInvitation to computer science : _b Java version 2e / _c G. Michael Schneider, Judith L. Gersting.
250			_a2nd ed
260			_aBoston, MA : _bThomson/Course Technology, _cc2004
300			_axxiv, 718 p. : _bill. ; _c28 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505	0		_a1. 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			_aIn 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.
650		0	_aComputer science _97660
650		0	_aJava (Computer program language) _9156
650		0	_aGersting, Judith L _97661
700	1		_aMiller, Keith _91571
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