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Talking With Computers : Explorations In The Science And Technology Of Computing (Record no. 573573)
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| fixed length control field | 250623b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521542043 |
| Paper back/Hardbound | pbk |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 004 |
| Item number | DEA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Dean Thomas L. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Talking With Computers : Explorations In The Science And Technology Of Computing |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | /Thomas L. Dean |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | cambridge, |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge university press, |
| Year of publication | 2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiii, 300 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In this lively series of essays, Tom Dean explores interesting fundamental topics in computer science with the aim of showing how computers and computer programs work and how the various subfields of computer science are connected. Along the way, he conveys his fascination with computers and enthusiasm for working in a field that has changed almost every aspect of our daily lives. The essays touch on a wide range of topics, from digital logic and machine language to artificial intelligence and searching the World Wide Web, considering such questions as - How can a computer learn to recognize junk email? - What happens when you click on a link in a browser? - How can you program a robot to do two things at once? - Are there limits on what computers can do? The author invites readers to experiment with short programs written in several languages. Through these interactions he grounds the models and metaphors of computer science and makes the underlying computational ideas more concrete. The accompanying web site www.cs.brown.edu/people/tld/talk provides easy access to code fragments from the book, tips on finding and installing software, links to online resources, exercises and sample lectures |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | computer programs computer science computers electronic data processing informatica |
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| Koha item type | English Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 3RD FLOOR, A WING | 28.07.2010 | 004 DEA | 98809 | 23.06.2025 | Reference |