Title:
Understanding the digital world : what you need to know about computers, the Internet, privacy, and security / Brian W. Kernighan.
Author:
Kernighan, Brian W., author.
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Call Number:
QA76 .K428 2017
Abstract:
Based on the author's Princeton course Computers in Our Word, this book is intended as a compact but detailed and thorough explanation of how computers and communications systems work, for non-technical readers. It explains how today's computing and communications world operates, from hardware through software to the Internet and the web, also addressing the social, political and legal issues that new technology creates.
ISBN:
9780691176543
Physical Description:
xv, 238 pages ; 27 cm
General Note:
Revised edition of: D is for digital. 2011.
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Hardware. What's in a computer? -- Bits, bytes, and representation of information -- Inside the CPU -- Wrapup on hardware -- Software. Algorithms -- Programming and programming languages -- Software systems -- Learning to program -- Wrapup on software -- Communications. Networking -- The Internet -- The World Wide Web -- Data and information -- Privacy and security -- Wrapping up.
Uniform Title:
D is for digital
Personal Author:
