Understanding the Digital World: What You Need to Know about Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security

Computers are everywhere. Some of them are highly visible, in laptops, tablets, cell phones, and smart watches. But most are invisible, like those in appliances, cars, medical equipment, transportation systems, power grids, and weapons. We never see the myriad computers that quietly collect, share,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brian W Kernighan
Format: Printed Book
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press 2017
Subjects:
Computer science > Popular works. Computer networks > Security measures > Popular works. Computer networks > Security measures.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Hardware. What's in a computer?
  • Bits, bytes, and representation of information
  • Inside the CPU
  • Wrapup on hardware
  • Part II. Software. Algorithms
  • Programming and programming languages
  • Software systems
  • Learning to program
  • Wrapup on software
  • Part III. Communications. Networks
  • The Internet
  • The World Wide Web
  • Data and information
  • Privacy and security
  • Wrapping up.

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