Computers category: 49053 books
by Britannica Educational Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
This illuminating STEM volume explores a wide variety of tasks computers perform, from running video games to controlling the International Space Station to helping students learn to read, write, and do math. Call-outs support state and national standards for close reading and critical thinking, while...
by Britannica Educational Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Today it seems that computers occupy every single space in life. This book traces the evolution of computers from the humble beginnings as simple calculators up to the modern day jack-of-all trades devices like the iPhone. Readers will learn about how computers evolved from humongous military-issue...
by Hugh Blair-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
What made the Space Race possible? What made it necessary? How close a race was it? And what did it achieve? The answers are connected in surprising ways. Left Brains for the Right Stuff briefly summarizes the history of three technologies-rockets, navigation, and computers-and recounts how they were...
Car PC Hacks
Tips & Tools for Geeking Your Ride
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2005
A car PC or carputer is a car tricked-out with electronics for playing radio, music and DVD movies, connecting to the Internet, navigating and tracking with satellite, taking photos, and any electronic gadget a person wants in a car. All these devices are managed and controlled through a single screen...
by Andy Rathbone
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
An illustrated, step-by-step guide to repairs and upgrades
Whether you want to prepare your computer for Windows 7, avoid investing in a new one, or just "go green", this fully illustrated guide has what you need. You'll learn how to add printers and new keyboards, boost your PC's...
The Pattern On The Stone
The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize-and what Daniel Hillis's short book brilliantly demonstrates-is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform the same simple...
The Digital Mind
How Science Is Redefining Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
How developments in science and technology may enable the emergence of purely digital minds—intelligent machines equal to or greater in power than the human brain.
What do computers, cells, and brains have in common? Computers are electronic devices designed by humans; cells are biological...
Easy Computer Training Guide For Home PC Users and Aspiring Computer Programmers
The Beginner’s Best Guide For Basic Computer Skills Training, Programming Languages And Learning Computer Programs
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
In this computer age, everyone who uses a computer needs even just the very basics of computer programming. Understanding a few basics of computer programming will go a long way in helping us get the most out of our computers. It will help us learn how some of the programs built in can be utilized...
Computer Comprehensive Companion
Over 100 computer tips and Windows tricks your friends, family, and most hated enemies only wish they knew!
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
"This book almost saved my last couple of marriages" -- Andrew McBain, Computer Hacker Intl
Written by an idiot savant who became acquainted with these secrets during a pseudo-religious experience!
"HOLY MACKERAL! MY DESKTOP COMPUTER PC JUST CRASHED. WHAT THE $@)*%#...
by Owen Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
The information in this ebook on various aspects of computers, peripherals and related subjects is organized into 19 chapters of about 500-600 words each.
I hope that it will interest those who are interested in computers, the Internet, peripherals, electronics and using them in a practical...
Introduction to the History of Computing
A Computing History Primer
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Tracing the story of computing from Babylonian counting boards to smartphones, this inspiring textbook provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of computing, together with discussion exercises to stimulate deeper investigation into this fascinating area. Features: provides chapter...
by Thomas Kramer
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2002
Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, grade: 2,0 (B), UNITEC New Zealand (Information Systems), 3 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The PRS (Performance Right Industry) is a non-profit organization in the United...
by Martha Evens, Joel Michael
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2006
One-on-One Tutoring by Humans and Computers articulates the CIRCSIM-Tutor project, an attempt to develop a computer tutor that generates a natural language dialogue with a student. Editors Martha Evens and Joel Michael present the educational context within which the project was launched, as well...
by William F. Gilreath, Phillip A. Laplante
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book examines computer architecture, computability theory, and the history of computers from the perspective of minimalist computing - a framework in which the instruction set consists of a single instruction. This approach is different than that taken in any other computer architecture text,...