The Computer: A Very Short Introduction

What is the basic nature of the modern computer? How does it work? How has it been...
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Author: Darrel Ince
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The Computer: A Very Short Introduction by Ince, Darrel

The Computer: A Very Short Introduction

¥2,776

The Computer: A Very Short Introduction

¥2,776
Author: Darrel Ince
Format: Paperback
Language: English
What is the basic nature of the modern computer? How does it work? How has it been possible to squeeze so much power into increasingly smaller machines? What will the next generations of computers look like? In this Very Short Introduction, Darrel Ince looks at the basic concepts behind all computers, the changes in hardware and software that allowed computers to become so small and commonplace, the challenges produced by the computer revolution--especially whole new modes of cybercrime and security issues, the Internet and the advent of "cloud computing," and the promise of whole new horizons opening up with quantum computing and computing using DNA.


Author: Darrel Ince
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/17/2011
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 6.82h x 4.53w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780199586592


Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2012

About the Author

Darrel Ince is Professor of Computing at the Open University and the author of 25 books, including Software Engineering and Dictionary of the Internet.

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