Description
Book SynopsisBased on the Association for Computing Imagery model curriculum guidelines, Foundations of Computer Science gives students a bird's eye view of Computer Science. This easy-to-read and highly navigable text will help students quickly learn all the fundamentals of computer science they need on their course and to improve their employability prospects. Updated to cover all the latest technologies and changes to course requirements, this fifth edition features new chapters on the efficiency of algorithms, computer graphics, a complete revision on computer networks and the internet, and data security. Material on ethical issues, including intellectual property, has also been expanded.
Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Number Systems 3. Data Storage 4. Operations on Data 5. Computer Organization 6. Computer Networks and Internet 7. Operating Systems 8. Algorithms 9. Efficiency of Algorithms 10. Programming Languages 11. Software Engineering 12. Data Structure 13. Abstract Data Types 14. File Structure 15. Databases 16. Data Compression 17. Security 18. Theory of Computation 19. Computer Graphics 20. Artificial Intelligence 21. Introduction to Social Media 22. Social and Ethical Issues A. Unicode B. Unified Modeling Language (Uml) C. Pseudocode D. Structure Chart E. Boolean Algebra and Logic Circuits F. Examples of Programs in C, C++, and Java G. Mathematical Review H. Error Detection and Correction I. Addition and Subtraction for Sign-and-Magnitude Integers
