New understanding computer science for advanced level (Record no. 6622)
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| fixed length control field | 07038nam a22002297a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0748740465 |
| Terms of availability | TZS 55,000/= |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MUL |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | AACR |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 004 BRA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Bradley, Ray |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | New understanding computer science for advanced level |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Ray Bradley |
| 250 ## - Edition Statement | |
| Edition statement | 4th ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cheltenham : |
| Name of publisher | Stanley Thornes, |
| Year of publication | c1999. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | vi 730 p. : |
| Other physical details | some col. ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 28 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Previous edition: published as Understanding computer science for advanced level, 1995 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes index |
| 505 ## - Formatted Contents | |
| Formatted contents note | <br/>Preface v <br/>How to Make the Best Use of this Book<br/>1 (10)<br/>Introduction<br/>1 (1)<br/>Keeping up to date with subject requirements<br/>1 (1)<br/>The layout of the fourth edition<br/>2 (1)<br/>A suggested scheme of work<br/>3 (8)<br/>Introduction to Computer Science<br/>11 (14)<br/>Introduction<br/>11 (1)<br/>Some basic ideas<br/>12 (4)<br/>A modern overview of computers<br/>16 (3)<br/>Some modern computing ideas<br/>19 (6)<br/>The Networked Computer<br/>25 (15)<br/>Computer networks<br/>26 (4)<br/>Network topology<br/>30 (10)<br/>The Internet<br/>40 (28)<br/>Introduction<br/>40 (4)<br/>Typical ISPs<br/>44 (4)<br/>e-mail<br/>48 (4)<br/>Other useful communication facilities<br/>52 (5)<br/>HTML<br/>57 (2)<br/>JavaScript<br/>59 (1)<br/>Java--the objected oriented programming language<br/>60 (8)<br/>Networking and Data Communication<br/>68 (19)<br/>The basic principles of computer communications<br/>68 (7)<br/>International network standards<br/>75 (4)<br/>Errors<br/>79 (3)<br/>Security on computer networks<br/>82 (5)<br/>Business Applications and Systems<br/>87 (29)<br/>Introduction to business applications<br/>87 (8)<br/>Multimedia and Computer-Aided-Instruction systems<br/>95 (4)<br/>Business systems<br/>99 (1)<br/>Stock control and warehousing<br/>100 (4)<br/>Retailing, POS and EFTPOS systems<br/>104 (3)<br/>Banking and finance<br/>107 (9)<br/>Scientific and Graphic Applications<br/>116 (24)<br/>Introduction<br/>116 (1)<br/>Computer Aided Design<br/>116 (4)<br/>Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM)<br/>120 (3)<br/>Pixel-based art packages<br/>123 (2)<br/>Autostereograms<br/>125 (1)<br/>3D art packages<br/>126 (2)<br/>Morphing<br/>128 (1)<br/>Industrial robotics<br/>129 (4)<br/>Computer simulations<br/>133 (4)<br/>Computer games<br/>137 (3)<br/>Real-time and Engineering Applications<br/>140 (21)<br/>Introduction<br/>140 (1)<br/>Some basic ideas<br/>140 (12)<br/>Control software<br/>152 (3)<br/>Industrial control systems<br/>155 (6)<br/>Social Implications<br/>161 (20)<br/>Computer crime<br/>161 (4)<br/>Security measures<br/>165 (4)<br/>Computers, employment and privacy<br/>169 (2)<br/>Computers in education, training and the home<br/>171 (1)<br/>Artificial intelligence (AI)<br/>172 (5)<br/>The thinking machine?<br/>177 (4)<br/>Input Techniques<br/>181 (31)<br/>Introduction<br/>181 (1)<br/>Peripherals<br/>181 (31)<br/>Output Techniques<br/>212 (27)<br/>Introduction<br/>212 (4)<br/>Graphical display methods<br/>216 (2)<br/>Other display technologies<br/>218 (3)<br/>Hard copy<br/>221 (9)<br/>Further output devices<br/>230 (9)<br/>Storage Techniques<br/>239 (32)<br/>Introduction<br/>239 (1)<br/>Primary storage techniques<br/>239 (2)<br/>How main memory is utilised<br/>241 (6)<br/>Secondary storage techniques<br/>247 (2)<br/>Hard drive technology<br/>249 (6)<br/>Optical drives<br/>255 (4)<br/>Magneto Optical (MO) disks<br/>259 (1)<br/>Serial and sequential-access techniques<br/>260 (11)<br/>High-level-language Principles<br/>271 (26)<br/>Introduction<br/>271 (1)<br/>High-level-language development<br/>272 (2)<br/>General principles of high-level languages<br/>274 (6)<br/>Further high-level language features<br/>280 (3)<br/>Basic language structures<br/>283 (5)<br/>Functions and procedures<br/>288 (9)<br/>Structured Analysis and Design<br/>297 (21)<br/>Obtaining the final solution<br/>299 (6)<br/>Other structured analysis and design techniques<br/>305 (13)<br/>Further High-level Languages<br/>318 (21)<br/>Fortran 90<br/>318 (3)<br/>COBOL<br/>321 (4)<br/>Other language examples<br/>325 (2)<br/>Object-oriented programming<br/>327 (4)<br/>Further language examples<br/>331 (3)<br/>A final overview<br/>334 (5)<br/>Systems Analysis and Design<br/>339 (20)<br/>Introduction<br/>339 (3)<br/>The computerisation of Corpus Crumbly College Library<br/>342 (7)<br/>Analysis of the problem<br/>349 (4)<br/>Further detailed analysis<br/>353 (6)<br/>Further Systems Analysis and Design<br/>359 (18)<br/>Introduction<br/>359 (5)<br/>Further systems help<br/>364 (1)<br/>Modern testing methodology<br/>365 (8)<br/>The case for CASE<br/>373 (4)<br/>Advanced Programming Concepts<br/>377 (24)<br/>Introduction<br/>377 (1)<br/>Iteration<br/>377 (9)<br/>Recursion<br/>386 (7)<br/>Monte Carlo methods<br/>393 (8)<br/>Developing Algorithms<br/>401 (23)<br/>Introduction<br/>401 (1)<br/>Sorting<br/>401 (17)<br/>Search techniques<br/>418 (6)<br/>Low-level Languages and Architecture<br/>424 (19)<br/>Basic principles<br/>424 (3)<br/>How does it all work?<br/>427 (2)<br/>A simple program<br/>429 (5)<br/>Other architecture systems<br/>434 (3)<br/>Other aids to increased speed<br/>437 (6)<br/>Assembly Language<br/>443 (27)<br/>Introduction<br/>443 (2)<br/>Basic principles<br/>445 (1)<br/>Basic assembly-language principles<br/>446 (5)<br/>Basic assembly-language instructions<br/>451 (6)<br/>The assembler<br/>457 (2)<br/>Loaders<br/>459 (1)<br/>An assembly-language example<br/>460 (1)<br/>A specific example<br/>461 (9)<br/>A First Look at Operating Systems<br/>470 (13)<br/>Introduction<br/>470 (2)<br/>Microcomputer operating system principles<br/>472 (11)<br/>Larger Operating Systems<br/>483 (15)<br/>Mainframe computers--batch operating systems<br/>483 (2)<br/>Multiprogramming (multitasking)<br/>485 (8)<br/>Time sharing systems<br/>493 (1)<br/>Thin client-server operating systems<br/>494 (4)<br/>A First Look at Data Structures<br/>498 (12)<br/>Introduction<br/>498 (1)<br/>Linear list<br/>499 (6)<br/>Arrays<br/>505 (5)<br/>Further Data Structures<br/>510 (19)<br/>Introduction<br/>510 (1)<br/>Linked lists<br/>510 (6)<br/>Tree structures (hierarchical data structures)<br/>516 (13)<br/>File Handling and Organisation<br/>529 (15)<br/>Introduction<br/>529 (2)<br/>Logical file organisation<br/>531 (2)<br/>Operations with files<br/>533 (1)<br/>Processing data with serial and sequential access files<br/>534 (10)<br/>Further File Handling<br/>544 (17)<br/>Direct-access or random-access files<br/>544 (2)<br/>Processing data in indexed-sequential files<br/>546 (1)<br/>General terminology associated with files<br/>547 (2)<br/>The link to the physical organisation of files<br/>549 (3)<br/>The drive-you-mad car company<br/>552 (9)<br/>A First Look at Databases<br/>561 (15)<br/>Introduction<br/>561 (5)<br/>Commercial database applications<br/>566 (5)<br/>Security of the database system<br/>571 (5)<br/>Further Databases<br/>576 (16)<br/>Introduction<br/>576 (1)<br/>Modelling data<br/>576 (1)<br/>The basic database models<br/>577 (2)<br/>The hierarchical database model<br/>579 (1)<br/>The network database model<br/>580 (2)<br/>The relational database model<br/>582 (2)<br/>Normalisation<br/>584 (8)<br/>The Binary Number System<br/>592 (13)<br/>Introduction<br/>592 (1)<br/>The binary system<br/>592 (4)<br/>Other number bases<br/>596 (5)<br/>Fixed point binary numbers<br/>601 (4)<br/>Further Binary Systems<br/>605 (13)<br/>Introduction<br/>605 (1)<br/>Floating point representation of binary numbers<br/>605 (1)<br/>Normalisation (standardisation)<br/>606 (4)<br/>Computer-based arithmetic procedures<br/>610 (4)<br/>Error classification<br/>614 (4)<br/>Language Translation<br/>618 (18)<br/>Introduction<br/>618 (1)<br/>Compilation<br/>619 (9)<br/>Polish and reverse Polish notation<br/>628 (8)<br/>Computer Science Projects<br/>636 (8)<br/>Introduction<br/>636 (8)<br/>A Selection of Exam Questions<br/>644 (7)<br/>Glossary<br/>651 (42)<br/>Answers<br/>693 (30)<br/>Index 723 <br/> |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | eng |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Computer science |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Electronic data processing |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | data processing |
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