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The Computer: A Very Short Introduction

Popular Science
By: Darrel Ince
160 pages, 15 b/w illustrations
The Computer: A Very Short Introduction
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  • The Computer: A Very Short Introduction ISBN: 9780199586592 Paperback Nov 2011 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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About this book

Computers have changed so much since the room-filling, bulky magnetic tape running monsters of the mid 20th century. They now form a vital part of most people's lives. And they are more ubiquitous than might be thought - you may have more than 30 computers in your home: not just the desktop and laptop but think of the television, the fridge, the microwave. But 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 small machines? And 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 even computing using DNA.

Contents

1: The naked computer
2: The small computer
3: The ubiquitous computer
4: The global computer
5: The insecure computer
6: The disruptive computer
7: The cloud computer
8: The next computer

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Biography

Darrel Ince is Professor of Computing at the Open University and the author of 25 books, including "Software Engineering" and "Dictionary of the Internet".

Popular Science
By: Darrel Ince
160 pages, 15 b/w illustrations
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