Computer Science: An Overview
by J. Glenn Brookshear · J. Glenn Brookshear
Language-independent survey of computer science, 5th edition (1996), spanning data storage and machine architecture, operating systems and networks, algorithms, programming languages, software engineering, data structures, databases, artificial intelligence and theory of computation. Gives beginners a broad map of the discipline.
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