本书是计算机科学概论课程的一本经典教材,是作者多年教学经验的结晶,是国际上众多名校的指定教材。本书涉及计算机科学的方方面面,介绍了计算机硬件、软件、数据组织和计算理论等四个方面的内容,包括编码及计算机体系结构的基本原理、操作系统、计算机网络、算法、程序设计语言、数据结构和数据库、人工智能以及计算理论等。本书在内容编排上,在力求保持学科广度的同时,还兼顾主题的深度,并把握了*新的技术趋势。书中配有大量的图、表和示例以增强读者对知识的掌握,并提供了丰富的习题以加强学生的参与性一本书包含1000多个问题,用于复习、扩展讨论过的内容,或者提示以后会涉及的有关主题。
本书既适合国内的大专院校用作计算机基础课教材,也可以供有意在计算机方面发展的非计算机专业读者作为入门参考。

Chapter 0 Introduction
0.1 The Role of Algorithms
0.2 The Origins of Computing Machines
0.3 The Science of Algorithms
0.4 Abstraction
0.5 An Outline of Our Study
0.6 Social Repercussions
Chapter 1 Data Storage
1.1 Bits and Their Storage
1.2 Main Memory
1.3 Mass Storage
1.4 Representing Information as Bit Patterns
1.5 The Binary System
1.6 Storing Integers
1.7 Storing Fractions
1.8 Data Compression
1.9 Communication Errors
Chapter 2 Data Manipulation
2.1 Computer Architecture
2.2 Machine Language
2.3 Program Execution
2.4 Arithmetic/Logic Instructions
2.5 Communicating with Other Devices
2.6 Other Architectures
Chapter 3 Operating Systems
3.1 The History of Operating Systems
3.2 Operating System Architecture
3.3 Coordinating the Machine's Activities
3.4 Handling Competition Among Processes
3.5 Security
Chapter 4 Networking and the Internet
4.1 Network Fundamentals
4.2 The Internet
4.3 The World Wide Web
4.4 Internet Protocols
4.5 Security
Chapter 5 Algorithms
5.1 The Concept of an Algorithm
5.2 Algorithm Representation
5.3 Algorithm Discovery
5.4 Iterative Structures
5.5 Recursive Structures
5.6 Efficiency and Correctness
Chapter 6 Programming Languages
6.1 Historical Perspective
6.2 Traditional Programming Concepts
6.3 Procedural Units
6.4 Language Implementation
6.5 Object-Oriented Programming
6.6 Programming Concurrent Activities
6.7 Declarative Programming
Chapter 7 Software Engineering
7.1 The Software Engineering Discipline
7.2 The Software Life Cycle
7.3 Software Engineering Methodologies
7.4 Modularity
7.5 Tools of the Trade
7.6 Testing
7.7 Documentation
7.8 Software Ownership and Liability
Chapter 8 Data Abstractions
8.1 Data Structure Fundamentals
8.2 Implementing Data Structures
8.3 A Short Case Study
8.4 Customized Data Types
8.5 Classes and Objects
8.6 Pointers in Machine Language
Chapter 9 Database Systems
9.1 Database Fundamentals
9.2 The Relational Model
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Chapter 10 Aftificial Intelligence
Chapter 11 Theory of Computation
Appendixes
Index

J.Glenn Brookshear是世界知名的计算机科学教育家。他在1975年获得新墨西哥州立大学博士学位后,创立了Ma rquette大学的计算机科学学位项目,并在该校任教至今。他的主要研究方向是计算理论。除了本书之外,他还著有Theory of Computation:Formal Languages,Automata,and Complexity。