Computing : a historical and technical perspective /: a historical and technical perspective. (2014)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Computing : a historical and technical perspective /: a historical and technical perspective. (2014)
- Main Title:
- Computing : a historical and technical perspective
- Further Information:
- Note: Yoshihide Igarashi [and three others].
- Authors:
- Igarashi, Yoshihide
- Contents:
- The dawn of counting -- Representation of numbers -- Rational and irrational numbers -- Prime numbers -- Euclid's elements -- Diophantus of Alexandria and the Arithmetica -- Secret writing in ancient civilization -- The abacus -- Book of calculation by Fibonacci -- Decimal fractions and logarithms -- Calculating machines -- Solutions to algebraic equations -- Real and complex numbers -- Cardinality -- Boolean algebras and applications -- Computability and its limitations -- Cryptography from the medieval to the modern ages -- Electronic computers -- Numerical methods -- Modular arithmetic -- Cybernetics and information theory -- Error detecting and correcting codes -- Automata and formal languages -- Artificial intelligence -- Programming languages -- Algorithms and computational complexity -- The design of computer algorithms -- Parallel and distributed computing -- Computer networks -- Public-key cryptography -- Quantum computing.
- Publisher Details:
- Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Copyright Date:
- 2014
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (339 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 004
Computer science
COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy
COMPUTERS -- Computer Science
COMPUTERS -- Data Processing
COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General
COMPUTERS -- Information Technology
COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory
COMPUTERS -- Reference
Computer science
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781482227420
1482227428 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781482227413
148222741X - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.143698
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