Robert J. Dilligan

Computing in the Web Age: A Web-Interactive Introduction (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reflects thirty years of experience in the applications of computer technology to literary research and instruction and in consulting work in office automation and system integration. In that time I have again and again found myself in the position of having to introduce students, both undergraduate and graduate, colleagues and clients to the fundamentals of computer hardware and software. Over the years, as computers became both central and commonplace in professional life, I have been aware of changing attitudes toward this technology. From attitudes that ranged from the disdain of platonic dialecticians for mere technology to intimidation bordering at times almost on terror, people have moved to incorporate this new technology into their frame of reference ( humani nil a me alienum ). The development of the microprocessor and its subsequent use for word processing marked one important watershed. The widespread use of word processors made it more likely than not that people would own their own computers, at least at work, and use them as part of their work-a-day activities. But while word processing provided some increased familiarity with computers, it did not lead most indivi- als much beyond a knowledge of the usual incantations needed to control the MultiMate or Nota Bene or Word Perfect golam and, as a result of unhappy experience, a begrudging acceptance of the need to make back up copies of important files.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780306469657
• Artikelnr.: 43999610

Inhaltsangabe

From ENIAC to the World Wide Web to ....- Binary Numbers, ASCII Code, and the Turing Machine.- The CPU as a Turing Machine.- The World According to Programmers.- Connections to the World Wide Web.- HTML Programming and Web Publishing.

Rezensionen

`The text is easy to follow and quite readable.... recommend the book as additional material for classes in computer science, especially in computer programming methods. It is also suitable as outside reading for teachers and students of information science who are willing to experiment with diverse approaches to information technology.' Computing Reviews (March 1999)

`The text is easy to follow and quite readable.... recommend the book as additional material for classes in computer science, especially in computer programming methods. It is also suitable as outside reading for teachers and students of information science who are willing to experiment with diverse approaches to information technology.'
Computing Reviews (March 1999)