Computing : a historical and technical perspective /: a historical and technical perspective. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.