Understanding the digital world : what you need to know about computers, the internet, privacy and security /
Kernighan, Brian W.
Understanding the digital world : what you need to know about computers, the internet, privacy and security / Brian W. Kernighan. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017. - xv, 238 pages: illustrations (some color) 27 cm
Includes index
Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Hardware. What`s in a computer? -- Bits, bytes, and representation of information -- Inside the CPU -- Wrapup on hardware -- Part II. Software. Algorithms -- Programming and programming languages -- Software systems -- Learning to program -- Wrapup on software -- Part III. Communications. Networks -- The Internet -- The World Wide Web -- Data and information -- Privacy and security -- Wrapping up.
in English
978-0-691-17654-3
Computer science--Popular works
Computer networks--Security measures--Popular works
Computer networks--Security measures
004 K45u 2017
Understanding the digital world : what you need to know about computers, the internet, privacy and security / Brian W. Kernighan. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017. - xv, 238 pages: illustrations (some color) 27 cm
Includes index
Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Hardware. What`s in a computer? -- Bits, bytes, and representation of information -- Inside the CPU -- Wrapup on hardware -- Part II. Software. Algorithms -- Programming and programming languages -- Software systems -- Learning to program -- Wrapup on software -- Part III. Communications. Networks -- The Internet -- The World Wide Web -- Data and information -- Privacy and security -- Wrapping up.
in English
978-0-691-17654-3
Computer science--Popular works
Computer networks--Security measures--Popular works
Computer networks--Security measures
004 K45u 2017