Computer Science

Features:

• Updates students on recent changes and current trends in the industry, such as networking, genetic algorithms and object-oriented
  programming
  
• Puts learning in perspective by using real-life analogies and concrete examples to make even the most complex topics accessible to
  students
  
• Web site provides students and instructors with online resources of topics found in the text
  
• New and extended ethical sections in software engineering and database systems, in addition to optional "Computers and Society"
  sections at the end of each chapter, allow students to think critically about computer science issues
  
• Designed to be compatible with a variety of programming languages, including Java, C++, and C
  
• "FYI" boxes call out points of interest to students and professors
  
• Brookshear's clear and friendly writing style invites majors and non-majors alike to learn more about computer science
  

Table of contents

Introduction

Part One: Machine Architecture

Data Storage

Data Manipulation

Part Two: Software

Operating Systems and Networks

Algorithms

Programming Languages

Software Engineering

Part Three: Data Organization

Data Structures

File Structures

Database Structures

Part Four: The Potential of Algorithmic Machines

Artificial Intelligence

Theory of Computation

Appendices