A balanced introduction to computer science /

Reed, David, Ph. D

A balanced introduction to computer science / David Reed - 3rd ed. - London : Upper Saddle River, N.J. ; Prentice Hall, 2011. - xx, 398 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Previous edition: 2008


Includes index
Computer basics -- HTML and web pages -- The Internet and the web -- JavaScript and dynamic web pages -- JavaScript and user interaction -- The history of computers -- Functions and randomness -- Algorithms and programming languages -- Abstraction and libraries -- Computer science as a discipline -- Conditional execution -- Data representation -- Conditional repetition -- Inside the computer - the von Neumann architecture -- JavaScript strings -- Inside the computer - transistors and integrated circuits -- JavaScript arrays -- Computers and society


9780132166751 (pbk.) 0132166755 (pbk.)


Computer science
Computer science--Problems, exercises, etc

QA76 / .R39 2011