Computer Science The Hardware, Software and Heart of It /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Blum, Edward K. (Editor), Aho, Alfred V. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computers.; Mathematical logic.; Database management.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering.; Theory of Computation.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.; Computer Communication Networks.; Database Management.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.

Computer Science: The Hardware, Software and Heart of It focuses on the deeper aspects of the two recognized subdivisions of Computer Science, Software and Hardware. These subdivisions are shown to be closely interrelated as a result of the stored-program concept. Computer Science: The Hardware, Sof...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Computation: A Brief History Prior to 1900
• The Heart of Computer Science
• The Software of Computer Science, Computer Programming from Fortran to C++
• The Hardware of Computer Science
• Operating Systems
• Computer Networks
• High Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC)
• Programming for Distributed Computing
• Databases
• Computer Security: Cryptographic Methods, Public Key Cryptography, RSA, ECC
• Complexity Theory
• Multi-variate (Parameterized) Complexity
• Quantum Computing
• Numerical Thinking in Algorithm Design and Analysis
• Fuzzy Logic and Computer Science
• Statistics of the Field.