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General ComputersGeneral Science
Publisher Price: $13.99
Publisher: Vinayak
Published: May 1 2024
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Eight brief, jargon-free lessons for a strong computer science foundation!
Our daily lives are full of interactions with computers, their software applications, the internet, databases, and more recently, AI. However, most of us lack a deep conceptual understanding of their internal mechanisms. How does an inanimate machine, essentially a rock, understand our commands? How do billions of such machines seamlessly communicate with each other? And they are achieving human-like intelligence? Their inner mysticism promotes fear and underconfidence - sometimes even in those with a formal computer science education.
Fortunately, you don't require a multi-year degree to understand the fundamentals. This 280 page book, without jargon, details the inner workings of computers and their related technologies. Uncover the hardware that makes a computer, learn how programming languages function, demystify the internet and cloud, understand data storage, machine learning and more. With clear explanations and historical perspectives, this comprehensive guide empowers even non-technical readers to navigate the landscape of computer science confidently. It provides a conceptual foundation for anyone wanting to understand the internals of computers and related technologies that permeate our daily lives.
The book is structured into four sections with two chapters each.
- ComputersA Computer's ArchitectureComputer HardwareSoftwareOperating SystemsProgramming LanguagesComputer NetworksThe InternetWorld Wide WebDataData StorageMachine Learning
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