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Connecting With Computer Science

by: Anderson,Greg

Connecting With Computer Science

by: Anderson,Greg

ISBN 13:
9780619212902
ISBN 10:
061921290X
Edition: CD
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/06/2005
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Designed for beginning computer science students, this text engages students by relating core topics to their real-world applications. The text is written in a comfortable, informal manner, and light humor is used throughout the text to maintain interest and enhance learning. A robust CD containing labs and other interactive material is available with each copy of the text.

a brief history of computing

(42)

in this chapter you will

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

(1)

ancient history

(5)

Pascal and Leibniz start the wheel rolling

(1)

Joseph Jacquard

(1)

Charles Babbage

(1)

Herman Hollerith

(2)

progression of computer electronics

(3)

wartime research drives technological innovation

(1)

ENIAC and EDVIAC

(2)

the computer era begins: the first generation

(3)

UNIVAC

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IBM (Big Blue)

(1)

transistors in the second generation

(1)

circuit boards in the third generation

(1)

time-sharing

(1)

living in the 70's with the fourth generation

(1)

the personal computer revolution

(6)

Intel

(1)

the Altair 8800

(2)

enter Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Microsoft

(1)

the microcomputer begins to evolve

(1)

an Apple a day . . .

(2)

IBM offers the PC

(1)

MS-DOS

(1)

the Apple Macintosh raises the bar

(2)

other PCs (and one serious OS competitor) begin to emerge

(1)

the latest generation (fifth)

(5)

the Internet

(1)

LANs and WANs and other ANs

(1)

super software and the Web

(2)

the Microsoft era and more

(1)

what about the future?

(1)

one last thought

(1)

chapter summary

(1)

key terms

(1)

test yourself

(1)

practice exercises

(2)

digging deeper

(1)

discussion topics

(1)

Internet research

(1)

software tools for techies

(44)

in this chapter you will

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

(1)

different tools for different rules

(1)

office tools

(10)

document tools

(4)

presentation tools

(2)

spreadsheet tools

(1)

project scheduling and management tools

(2)

programming tools

(13)

creating graphics

(5)

diagramming tools

(2)

integrated development environments

(1)

database tools

(3)

technical support tools

(1)

Internet tools

(10)

Web browsers

(1)

e-mail tools

(2)

compressing files

(2)

file transfer tools

(2)

Web development tools

(3)

one last thought

(1)

chapter summary

(1)

key terms

(1)

test yourself

(1)

practice exercises

(2)

digging deeper

(1)

discussion topics

(1)

Internet research

(1)

computer architecture

(38)

in this chapter you will

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

(1)

inside the box

(5)

the CPU

(1)

how transistors work

(1)

digital logic circuits

(12)

the basic Boolean operators

(1)

digital building blocks

(3)

gate behavior

102

(1)

complex circuits

103

(5)

Von Neumann architecture

108

(3)

buses

109

(1)

peripheral buses

110

(1)

storage

111

(4)

memory

111

(1)

mass storage

112

(3)

input/output systems

115

(3)

input devices

115

(1)

output devices

116

(2)

interrupts and polling

118

(1)

choosing the best computer hardware

118

(1)

one last thought

119

(1)

chapter summary

120

(1)

key terms

120

(1)

test yourself

121

(1)

practice exercises

122

(2)

digging deeper

124

(1)

discussion topics

125

(1)

Internet research

125

(1)

numbering systems and data representation

126

(28)

in this chapter you will

127

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

128

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

129

(1)

powers of numbers---a refresher

130

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counting things

130

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positional value

131

(2)

how many things does a number represent?

133

(2)

converting numbers between bases

135

(2)

converting to base 10

137

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converting from base 10

137

(2)

binary and hexadecimal math

139

(1)

data representation in binary

140

(1)

representing whole numbers

141

(2)

representing fractional numbers

143

(1)

representing characters

144

(1)

representing images

145

(1)

representing sounds

146

(1)

one last thought

147

(1)

chapter summary

148

(1)

key terms

148

(1)

test yourself

149

(1)

practice exercises

150

(2)

digging deeper

152

(1)

discussion topics

153

(1)

Internet research

153

(1)

operating systems

154

(38)

in this chapter you will

155

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

156

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

157

(1)

what is an operating system?

157

(6)

types of operating systems

163

(1)

functions of an operating system

163

(6)

provide a user interface

164

(1)

manage processes

165

(2)

manage resources

167

(1)

manage memory

168

(1)

provide security

169

(1)

using an operating system

169

(15)

managing disk files

169

(15)

one last thought

184

(1)

chapter summary

185

(1)

key terms

186

(1)

test yourself

186

(1)

practice exercises

187

(3)

digging deeper

190

(1)

discussion topics

190

(1)

Internet research

191

(1)

networks

192

(34)

in this chapter you will

193

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

194

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

195

(1)

connecting computers

195

(1)

transmission media

196

(11)

guided media

197

(3)

unguided media: wireless technologies

200

(2)

protocols

202

(3)

ISO/OSI reference model

205

(2)

network types

207

(1)

LAN topologies

208

(2)

LAN communication technologies

210

(1)

network communication devices

210

(3)

NIC (network interface card)

211

(1)

repeater

211

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hub

211

(1)

switch

211

(1)

bridge

211

(1)

gateway

212

(1)

router

212

(1)

firewall

212

(1)

switched networks

213

(5)

high-speed wide area networks

215

(1)

multiple access

216

(1)

DSL

216

(1)

cable modems

217

(1)

satellite technologies

217

(1)

one last thought

218

(1)

chapter summary

219

(1)

key terms

220

(1)

test yourself

221

(1)

practice exercises

221

(3)

digging deeper

224

(1)

discussion topics

224

(1)

Internet research

225

(1)

the Internet

226

(38)

in this chapter you will

227

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

228

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

229

(1)

what is the Internet?

230

(1)

the architecture of the Internet

230

(1)

protocols

231

(5)

TCP and IP

232

(3)

DHCP

235

(1)

routers

236

(2)

high-level protocols

238

(3)

SMTP

239

(1)

FTP

239

(1)

Telnet

240

(1)

HTTP

241

(1)

URLs and DNS

241

(2)

port numbers

243

(1)

NAT

244

(1)

checking your configuration

245

(1)

HTML

246

(7)

creating a simple Web page

248

(4)

XML

252

(1)

using the Internet

253

(3)

search engines

254

(2)

one last thought

256

(1)

chapter summary

257

(1)

key terms

258

(1)

test yourself

258

(1)

practice exercises

259

(3)

digging deeper

262

(1)

discussion topics

262

(1)

Internet research

263

(1)

database fundamentals

264

(46)

in this chapter you will

265

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

266

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

267

(1)

database applications

267

(1)

brief history of database management systems

268

(3)

database management system fundamentals

271

(1)

database concepts

271

(5)

an example of indexing

273

(3)

normalization

276

(9)

preparing for normalization: gathering columns

276

(3)

first normal form

279

(1)

second normal form

280

(3)

third normal form

283

(2)

the database design process

285

(6)

step 1---investigate and define

285

(1)

step 2---make a master column list

286

(1)

step 3---create the tables

286

(1)

step 4---work on relationships

287

(2)

step 5---analyze the design

289

(1)

step 6---reevaluate

290

(1)

Structured Query Language (SQL)

291

(11)

Create Table statement

292

(2)

Insert statement

294

(2)

Select statement

296

(1)

Where clause

297

(2)

Order By clause

299

(3)

one last thought

302

(1)

chapter summary

303

(1)

key terms

303

(1)

test yourself

304

(2)

practice exercises

306

(2)

digging deeper

308

(1)

discussion topics

308

(1)

Internet research

309

(1)

data structures

310

(44)

in this chapter you will

311

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

312

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

313

(1)

data structures

313

(1)

arrays

314

(10)

how an array works

315

(4)

multidimensional arrays

319

(4)

uses of arrays

323

(1)

lists

324

(9)

linked lists

324

(4)

stacks

328

(3)

queues

331

(2)

trees

333

(5)

uses of binary trees

335

(1)

searching a binary tree

335

(3)

sorting algorithms

338

(8)

selection sort

339

(1)

bubble sort

340

(4)

other types of sorts

344

(2)

one last thought

346

(1)

chapter summary

347

(1)

key terms

347

(1)

test yourself

348

(2)

practice exercises

350

(2)

digging deeper

352

(1)

discussion topics

352

(1)

Internet research

353

(1)

file structures

354

(26)

in this chapter you will

355

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

356

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

357

(1)

what does a file system do?

357

(2)

file systems and operating systems

359

(9)

FAT

361

(3)

NTFS

364

(2)

comparing file systems

366

(2)

file organization

368

(4)

binary or text

368

(1)

sequential or random access

369

(3)

hashing

372

(3)

why hash?

372

(1)

dealing with collisions

373

(1)

hashing and computer science

374

(1)

chapter summary

375

(1)

key terms

375

(1)

test yourself

376

(1)

practice exercises

377

(1)

digging deeper

378

(1)

discussion topics

379

(1)

Internet research

379

(1)

programming

380

(84)

in this chapter you will

381

(1)

the lighter side of the lab

382

(1)

why you need to know about . . .

383

(1)

what is a program?

383

(2)

I speak computer

385

(5)

low-level languages

390

(4)

assembly language statements

390

(4)

high-level languages

394

(8)

structure of a program

396

(1)

algorithms

396

(1)

pseudocode

397

(2)

choosing the algorithm

399

(1)

testing the algorithm

399

(3)

syntax of a programming language

402

(1)

learning to cook with Java

402

(1)

variables

403

(7)

identifiers and naming conventions

404

(1)

variable types

405

(5)

operators

410

(7)

math operators

410

(1)

mathematical shortcuts

410

(3)

increment and decrement operators

413

(1)

relational operators

414

(1)

logical operators

415

(1)

precedence

416

(1)

Java control structures and program flow

417

(27)

invocation

418

(2)

top down (also called sequence)

420

(5)

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