| Contents Notes |
Computers and computing - representation of number -- Representation of numbers, data, text, and pictures -- History: the evolution of the computer -- IBM personal computer -- Hands on the computer -- Processor operations -- C: a high-level language -- Data storage and pointers -- Computer decisions and logic -- Application of elementary computer decisions and logic to expressions and flow control -- Computer peripherals -- Programming input/output -- Elementary programming application - menus -- Operating systems -- C-language vocabulary -- Assembly language and machine interfaces in C -- Data structures -- Numerical computations -- Problem solving and systems analysis. The objective of this text is to provide a basis for the development of computer understanding, as needed for further study in information systems and related areas. It is directed principally toward individuals who have not had formal exposure to computer understanding which is now characteristic of undergraduate education in computer science, electrical engineering, or systems engineering. |
