David J. Eck Most Complex Machine

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This introduction to computers presents the fundamental ideas and principles on which modern computers are built. While used as a text for courses in computer appreciation as well as introductions to computer science, the book has found a wide audience among computer users who wish to understand the basis of the machines that form and transform our society.What Computers Do Teaching Silicon to Compute Building a Computer Theoretical Computers Real Computers Programming Subroutines and Recursion Real Programming Languages Applications Cooperating Computers Graphics Artificial Intelligence Answers The text is supplemented by a web site that gives access to other problems and projects.