Study Guide to Accompany Computer and Data Processing provides
information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of computers and
computer technology. This book presents the key benefits of using
computers. Organized into five parts encompassing 19 chapters, this
book begins with an overview of the evolution of modern computing
systems from the earliest mechanical calculating devices to
microchips. This text then introduces computer hardware and describes
the processor. Other chapters describe how microprocessors are made
and describe the physical operation of computers. This book discusses
as well how computers present their outputs and explains the storage
and retrieval of massive amounts of computer-accessible information
from secondary storage devices. The final chapter discusses the use of
computers in the transportation systems and the ways in which they
make possible other innovations in transportation. This book is a
valuable resource for computer scientists, systems analysts, computer
programmers, mathematicians, historians, computer specialists, and
students.
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ISBN
9781483264387
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Academic Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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