The Computer: A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 29744)
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| fixed length control field | 01498nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780199586592 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 004.16 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Ince, Darrel |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Computer: A Very Short Introduction |
| Statement of responsibility | Darrel Ince |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi,139 Pages |
| Other physical details | 17x11 cm |
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| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Very Short Introductions |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Includes Index and Illustrations. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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-- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Computer science |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-04-15 | CRV/GPLM/17/2016 | 431.65 | 004.16 I36C 2011 | 35889 | Books |