The Computer: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN13: 9780199586592ISBN10: 0199586594
Paperback,
144 pages
Dec 2011,
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Description
What is the basic nature of the modern computer? How does it work? How has it been possible to squeeze so much power into increasingly smaller machines? What will the next generations of computers look like? In this Very Short Introduction, Darrel Ince looks at the basic concepts behind all computers, the changes in hardware and software that allowed computers to become so small and commonplace, the challenges produced by the computer revolution--especially whole new modes of cybercrime and security issues, the Internet and the advent of "cloud computing," and the promise of whole new horizons opening up with quantum computing and computing using DNA.Features
- Looks at how the computer has affected the world that we live in, describing the technologies involved and the applications that have emerged
- Explains the basic architecture of the computer and how it works
- Considers a range of uses; from the effect of computers in the workplace and the growing power and roles of global computer networks to the future miniaturization of computers and new forms such as quantum and DNA computers
- Explores the limits of computing and what the future holds
- Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over three million copies sold worldwide
Product Details
144 pages; 12 b/w illus.; 4 3/8 x 6 3/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-958659-2ISBN10: 0-19-958659-4About the Author(s)
Darrel Ince is Professor of Computing at the Open University and the author of 25 books, including Software Engineering and Dictionary of the Internet.
