Computer Science: An Overview - Softcover

Brookshear, J. Glenn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805346325 ISBN 13: 9780805346329

Publisher: Pearson, 1996

Synopsis

In this language-independent book, J. Glenn Brookshear provides accurate and balanced coverage of a variety of topics, providing an overview to the discipline of computer science. Brookshear is a master of making even the most complex topics accessible through his no-nonsense style and the use of real life analogies and concrete examples. This latest edition maintains its delicate balance of breadth of subject matter and depth of coverage that has made previous editions so successful.New Highlights Includes a larger emphasis on the object-oriented paradigm and networking, including coverage of the World Wide Web and the Java Programming Language. Offers end-of-chapter "Questions of Ethics" in addition to discussions of ethics throughout the book. Contains new sections on digital circuitry, the client/server model, data compression, and digital representation of graphics. Provides a complete teaching package, including a new C++ lab manual, C and Pascal lab manuals, and a World Wide Web site. 0805346325B04062001

About this title

About the Author

J. Glenn Brookshear is an Associate Professor at Marquette University. He received his Ph.D. from New Mexico State University in 1975, then was hired by Marquette to build a strong Computer Science curriculum. In addition to his highly successful Computer Science: An Overview, Brookshear has authored Theory of Computation: Formal Languages, Automata, and Complexity, also published by Addison-Wesley.

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From the Back Cover

In this language-independent book, J. Glenn Brookshear provides accurate and balanced coverage of a variety of topics, providing an overview to the discipline of computer science. Brookshear is a master of making even the most complex topics accessible through his no-nonsense style and the use of real life analogies and concrete examples. This latest edition maintains its delicate balance of breadth of subject matter and depth of coverage that has made previous editions so successful.

New Highlights

• Includes a larger emphasis on the object-oriented paradigm and networking, including coverage of the World Wide Web and the Java Programming Language.

• Offers end-of-chapter "Questions of Ethics" in addition to discussions of ethics throughout the book.

• Contains new sections on digital circuitry, the client/server model, data compression, and digital representation of graphics.

• Provides a complete teaching package, including a new C++ lab manual, C and Pascal lab manuals, and a World Wide Web site.

0805346325B04062001

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805346325
• ISBN 13: 9780805346329
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 515