Squire, Enid

The computer : an everyday machine / Enid Squire - 2d ed. - Don Mills, Ontario : Addison-Wesley (Canada) Ltd., c1977. - vi, 186 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Includes index

Puts the computer in perspective and introduces it as a tool that can be used and understood by the average person. Taking a simple problem and solving it using a hypothetical language and a computer language and a computer consisting of the simplest units possible as an approach, other subsequent questions arise similarly tackled in a logical manner. Items of interest are included and throughout the reader is reminded of the social problems posed by our "computerized" society

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Computer science
Computers electronic--data processing

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