TY - GEN AU - Reed, David, Ph. D TI - A balanced introduction to computer science SN - 9780132166751 (pbk.) AV - QA76 .R39 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - London, Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Prentice Hall KW - Computer science KW - Problems, exercises, etc N1 - 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 ER -