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_b.F743 1996
100 1 _aFrench, C. S.
_q(Carl S.)
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245 1 0 _aComputer Science /
_cC.S. French.
250 _a5th ed.
260 _aLondon :
_bDP Publications,
_c1996.
300 _avii, 506 p. :
_bill. ;
_c28 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _aIntroduction to computers and computer science; data representation and transmission; number bases; an overview of hardware and software; document processing; main storage; backing storage; workstations and terminals; output devices; data capture and data entry; human computer interfaces; GUIs and multimedia; computer systems architecture; data communications and networks; operations on data; program structures; data structures; program design and specification; computer file concepts; file organization and access; file processing; spreadsheets; Boolean algebra; machine logic; formal notations; computer arithmetic; machine logic; low-level languages; the input-output subsystem; operating systems; software types and programming languages; translators; database architecture; storage, retrieval and 4GLs; development frameworks; development methods; implementation and post-implementation; project management; applications areas. appendices: answers to self-test questions; details omitted from the text for the sake of clarity; course-work projects and study.
520 _aThis book provides an approach to the understanding of Computer Science to the level required for GCE Advanced. The new edition has greater emphasis on computing driven by end-users, mostly involving networked PC's running standard software. There is also new material on the Internet and RAD.
650 0 _aComputer science.
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