TY - BOOK AU - Schneider,G.Michael AU - Gersting,Judith L. TI - Invitation to computer science SN - 9781337561914 AV - QA76 .S3594 2019 U1 - 004 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Cengage, KW - Computer science N1 - Includes index; 1. An Introduction to Computer Science.Part I: THE ALGORITHMIC FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE.2. Algorithm Discovery and Design 3. The Efficiency of Algorithms.Part II: THE HARDWARE WORLD.4. The Building Blocks: Binary Numbers, Boolean Logic, and Gates 5. Computer Systems Organization.Part III: THE VIRTUAL MACHINE.6. An Introduction to System Software and Virtual Machines 7. Computer Networks and Cloud Computing 8. Information Security.Part IV: THE SOFTWARE WORLD.9. Introduction to High-Level Language Programming 10. The Tower of Babel: Programming Languages 11. Compilers and Language Translation 12. Models of Computation.Part V: APPLICATIONS.13. Simulation and Modeling 14. E-commerce, Databases, and Data Science 15. Artificial Intelligence 16. Computer Graphics and Entertainment: Movies, Games, and Virtual Communities.Part VI: SOCIAL ISSUES IN COMPUTING.17. Making Decisions about Computers, Information, and Society ER -