Characters and Computers

Author: Gu Xiaofeng
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: In the information age and the knowledge economy era, the popularization of knowledge is more important and urgent than ever before. Language and writing are carriers of information and indispensable tools for the development of human civilization. In the information age, their role is even more significant. Language and writing knowledge includes both traditional and new aspects. The popularization of language and writing knowledge needs to be strengthened. We edited this series of "100 Language and Writing Small Series" precisely to contribute our efforts in this regard. The series is concise, with only a few tens of thousands of words. We strive for brevity and precision to make it easy for readers to purchase and read. The content of language and writing knowledge is very extensive. If you look at the classification index of "The Great Encyclopedia of China·Language and Writing Volume," you will get a general idea. This series does not provide a comprehensive and systematic introduction to language and writing knowledge, but rather focuses on the various language and writing knowledge people encounter in their studies and daily lives. The quality of the books largely depends on the authors' level of expertise and their understanding and mastery of relevant knowledge. We hope this series is of high quality. Therefore, when inviting contributions, we adopted the approach that if someone has expertise in a particular area, they would be asked to write on that topic. Authors who are well-versed in their fields naturally handle the writing with ease, ensuring the scientific accuracy of the knowledge introduced, and some even bring cutting-edge insights. Introducing the latest research findings to readers in an accessible form is also one of the goals of this series. This is just a general idea, and putting it into practice is not as simple as it sounds. When writing, authors must consider the overall principles of the series' compilation—what to write and how to write it, from planning to execution, is a new creative process. This series serves the purpose of popularizing language and writing knowledge, yet some content is highly specialized, and some opinions are the authors' personal views, which may not always align with common societal perspectives. We believe that these contents will be beneficial to readers' broadening their horizons. The authors of the small series are all highly skilled language and writing professionals, some of whom are renowned scholars with great prestige.