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Balanced Introduction to Computer Science, A
ISBN: 9780136017226 | 0136017223
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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David Reed is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
For Introduction to Computing and the Web courses in departments of Math and Computer Science.This thoughtfully written text uses the Internet as a central theme, studying its history, technology, and current use. Experimental problems use Web-based tools, enabling students to learn programming fundamentals by developing their own interactive Web pages with HTML and JavaScript. Integratin... MORE
For Introduction to Computing and the Web courses in departments of Math and Computer Science.This thoughtfully written text uses the Internet as a central theme, studying its history, technology, and current use. Experimental problems use Web-based tools, enabling students to learn programming fundamentals by developing their own interactive Web pages with HTML and JavaScript. Integratin... MORE
| Introduction and Overview | |
| Balancing Breadth and Depth | |
| Text Goals | |
| Text Features | |
| Changes in the 2nd Edition | |
| Advice for the Student | |
| Advice for the Instructor | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Computer Basics | |
| What is a Computer? | |
| Hardware | |
| Central Processing Unit (CPU)Mem... MORE | |
| Input/Output Devices (I/O)Software | |
| Operating Systems | |
| Internet and the Web | |
| Web Browsers and Servers | |
| Web Addresses | |
| Accessing Local Pages | |
| Looking Ahead...Chapter Summary | |
| Review Questions | |
| References | |
| HTML and Web Pages | |
| HTML Basics | |
| HTML Tags | |
| HTML Elements | |
| Document Formatting | |
| Text Spacing | |
| Headings and Alignment | |
| Font Formatting | |
| Hypertext and Multimedia | |
| Hyperlinks | |
| Images | |
| Lists | |
| Formatting Lists | |
| Tables | |
| Table Borders | |
| Table Alignment | |
| Making Pages Accessible | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Supplemental Material and Exercises | |
| The Internet and the World Wide Web | |
| History of the Internet | |
| ARPANet | |
| Growth and Privatization | |
| How the Internet Works | |
| Distributed Network | |
| Packet-Switching | |
| Internet Protocols: TCP/IP | |
| Domain Names | |
| History of the Web | |
| Hypertext and the Web | |
| The Web Goes Mainstream | |
| Web GrowthHow the Web Works | |
| HTMLWeb Protocol: HTTPCaching | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Review Questions | |
| References | |
| Endnotes | |
| JavaScript and Dynamic Web Pages | |
| Dynamic Web Pages | |
| Interaction via Assignments and Write Statements | |
| Formatting Output | |
| JavaScript Variables | |
| Variables and Memory Cells | |
| Interactive Pages | |
| Localizing Changes with Variables | |
| Example: Interactive Stories | |
| Looking Ahead...Chapter Summary | |
| Supplemental Material and Exercises | |
| JavaScript Numbers and Expressions | |
| Data Types and Operators | |
| Variables and Expressions | |
| Number Representation | |
| Evaluating Mixed Expressions | |
| Prompting for Numbers | |
| Predefined JavaScript Functions | |
| Raising Numbers to a Power | |
| Generating Random Numbers | |
| Programming Errors and Debugging | |
| Looking Ahead...Chapter Summary | |
| Supplemental Material and Exercises | |
| The History of Computers | |
| Generation | |
| Mechanical Computers (1642-1945)Programmable Devices | |
| Electromagnetic Relays | |
| Generation | |
| Vacuum Tubes (1945-1954)Computing and World War IIThe von Neumann Architecture | |
| Generation | |
| Transistors (1954-1963)High-Level Programming Languages | |
| Generation | |
| Integrated Circuits (1963-1973)Large-Scale Integration | |
| Computing for Businesses | |
| Generation | |
| VLSI (1973-1985)The Personal Computer Revolution | |
| Generation | |
| Parallel Processing and Networking (1985-????)Looking Ahead...Chapter Summary | |
| Review Questions | |
| References | |
| Endnotes | |
| Event-Driven Pages | |
| Initiating Actions via Buttons | |
| Input/Output via Text Boxes | |
| Text Boxes for Displaying Output | |
| Text Boxes for Accessing Input | |
| Text Boxes for Handling Both Input and Output | |
| Input/Output via Text AreasDynamic Images | |
| Simplifying Buttons with Functions | |
| Looking Ahead...Chapter Summary | |
| Supplemental Material and Exercises | |
| Algorithms and Programming Languages | |
| Algorithms | |
| Algorithms in the Real World | |
| Designing and Analyzing Algorithms | |
| An Alternative Algorithm | |
| Algorithm Analysis | |
| Big Oh Notation | |
| Algorithm Example: Searching a List | |
| Sequential Search | |
| Binary Search | |
| Algorithm Analysis | |
| Algorithm Example: Approximating a S | |
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