Description: Further DetailsTitle: Understanding the Digital WorldCondition: NewEAN: 9780691219103ISBN: 9780691219103Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/30/2021Item Height: 254mmItem Length: 178mmAuthor: Brian W. KernighanLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: What You Need to Know about Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security, Second EditionISBN-10: 0691219109Description: A brand-new edition of the popular introductory textbook that explores how computer hardware, software, and networks workComputers are everywhere. Some are highly visible, in laptops, tablets, cell phones, and smart watches. But most are invisible, like those in appliances, cars, medical equipment, transportation systems, power grids, and weapons. We never see the myriad computers that quietly collect, share, and sometimes leak personal data about us. Governments and companies increasingly use computers to monitor what we do. Social networks and advertisers know more about us than we should be comfortable with. Criminals have all-too-easy access to our data. Do we truly understand the power of computers in our world?In this updated edition of Understanding the Digital World, Brian Kernighan explains how computer hardware, software, and networks work. Topics include how computers are built and how they compute; what programming is; how the Internet and web operate; and how all of these affect security, privacy, property, and other important social, political, and economic issues. Kernighan touches on fundamental ideas from computer science and some of the inherent limitations of computers, and new sections in the book explore Python programming, big data, machine learning, and much more. Numerous color illustrations, notes on sources for further exploration, and a glossary explaining technical terms and buzzwords are included.Understanding the Digital World is a must-read for readers of all backgrounds who want to know more about computers and communications.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Computing & InternetRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Understanding the Digital World
Title: Understanding the Digital World
EAN: 9780691219103
ISBN: 9780691219103
Release Date: 03/30/2021
Release Year: 2021
Subtitle: What You Need to Know about Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and
ISBN-10: 0691219109
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Computing & Internet
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Name: Understanding the Digital World : What You Need to Know about Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security, Second Edition
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Internet / General, Security / Online Safety & Privacy, General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 29.6 Oz
Author: Brian W. Kernighan
Item Length: 9.9 in
Subject Area: Mathematics, Computers
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
