The Computer: A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 29744)

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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
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Koha item type Books
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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

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