Introduction to Computers (Revised Edition)

Author: Su Hongjian
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Publish Date: 2002-09-15
Features: This book is an introductory textbook in the field of computer science, designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the composition and working principles of computer systems, their development, and application trends. The book is divided into twelve chapters. Chapter 1 outlines the development, classification, and applications of computers. Chapter 2 introduces the representation and operations of binary numbers in computers. Chapter 3 covers the fundamentals of logic circuits. The subsequent chapters introduce computer hardware, basic programming, software fundamentals, an introduction to data structures, Chinese information technology, database systems, computer networks, and multimedia technology. The book is easy to understand and accessible, making it suitable as a textbook for computer science majors at the junior college level or for undergraduate students in science and engineering disciplines who are not majoring in computer science.