TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schneider,G.Michael
AU  - Gersting,Judith L.
AU  - Brinkman,Bo
TI  - Invitation to computer science
SN  - 1305075773
AV  - QA76 .S3596 2016
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Cengage Learning
KW  - Computer science
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes index and answer key; 1. An Introduction to Computer Science. Level I: The Algorithmic Foundations of Computer Science -- 2. Algorithm Discovery and Design -- 3. The Efficiency of Algorithms. Level II: The Hardware World -- 4. The Building Blocks: Binary Numbers, Boolean Logic, and Gates -- 5. Computer Systems Organization. Level III: The Virtual Machine -- 6. An Introduction to System Software and Virtual Machines -- 7. Computer Networks and Cloud Computing -- 8. Information Security. Level IV: The Software World -- 9. Intro to High Level Languages (brief intro in printed text; online chapters for C++, C#, Python, Java, and Ada) -- 10. The Tower of Babel: Multiple Programming Voices -- 11. Compilers and Language Translation -- 12. Models of Computation. Level V: Applications -- 13. Simulation and Modeling -- 14. Electronic Commerce -- 15. Artificial Intelligence -- 16. Computer Graphics and Entertainment: Movies, Games, and Virtual Communities. Level VI: Social Issues in Computing -- 17. Making Ethical Decisions [Bo Brinkman]. Answers to Practice Problems
N2  - Offers a contemporary overview of today's computer science. This non-language-specific approach provides a solid foundation using an algorithm-driven approach that's suitable for the reader's first introduction to the field of Computer Science. It also includes a Digital Lab Manual containing 20 laboratory projects that map directly to the book
ER  -