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050	0	0	_aQA76 _b.S3594 2016
082	0	0	_a004 SC.I 2016 _223
100	1		_aSchneider, G. Michael. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aInvitation to computer science / _cG. Michael Schneider, Judith L. Gersting,
250			_a7th edition.
264		1	_aBoston, MA : _bCengage Learning, _c2016.
300			_axxviii, 884 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c26 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0	0	_a An Introduction to Computer Science -- Level I. The Algorithmic Foundations of Computer Science : -- Algorithm Discovery and Design -- The Efficiency of Algorithms -- Level II. The Hardware World : -- The Building Blocks: Binary Numbers, Boolean Logic, and Gates -- 5. Computer Systems Organization -- Level III. The Virtual Machine : -- An Introduction to System Software and Virtual Machines -- Computer Networks and Cloud Computing -- 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 -- 3. 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.
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.
520			_a"Introduce your students to a contemporary overview of today's computer science with Schneider/Gersting's best selling INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, 7E. This flexible, non-language-specific text provides a solid foundation using an algorithm-driven approach that's ideal for your students' first course in Computer Science. Expanded chapter exercises and practice problems, feature boxes and the latest material on emerging topics, such as privacy, drones, cloud computing, and net neutrality, keep your course in touch with current issues."--Publisher's website.
650		0	_aComputer science.
700	1		_aGersting, Judith L., _eauthor.
700	1		_aBrinkman, Bo., _eeditor.
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