CONTENTS

Unit 1Hardware ��

1.1A Closer Look at the Processor and Primary Storage

1.2Integrated Circuit��Moore��s Law

1.3Multicore Processors

1.4Computer Architectures

Exercises

Unit 2Hardware ��

2.1Optical Storage Media: High��Density Storage

2.1.1Optical Laser Disks

2.1.2DVDs

2.2Display Devices

2.33D Printing

2.3.1Manufacturing an Object with 3D Printer

2.3.2General Principles

2.3.3Applications

2.4The External Interface: USB

Exercises

Unit 3Programming and Programming Languages

3.1Computer Programming

3.2C++ and Object��Oriented Programming

3.3Introduction to Java

3.4Introduction to Android Programming

3.5Characteristics of Web Programming Languages

Exercises

Unit 4Operating System

4.1Summary of OS

4.2Using the Windows Operating System

4.3Window Managers

4.4Myths of UNIX

4.5Using Linux in Embedded and Real��time Systems

Exercises

Unit 5Computer Networks

5.1Internet

5.2Extending Your Markup: An XML Tutorial

5.3Network Protocols

5.3.1Protocol Hierarchies

5.3.2WAP��The Wireless Application Protocol

5.4Mobile Internet, Mobile Web

Exercises

Unit 6Network Communication

6.1Two Approaches to Network Communication

6.2Carrier Frequencies and Multiplexing

6.3Internet of Things

6.4Wireless Network

Exercises

Unit 7Database

7.1An Overview of a Database System

7.2Introduction to SQL

7.3Object��relational Database

7.4Data Warehouse

7.4.1Data Warehouse

7.4.2What is Data Mining?

7.5Big Data

Exercises

Unit 8Multimedia

8.1Introduction

8��������Main Properties of a Multimedia System

8������2Multimedia

8.2Audio

8��2����Computer Representation of Sound

8��2��2Audio Formats

8.2.3MP3 Compression

8.3Video

8.3.1Video Compression

8.3.2MP4

8.4Synchronization

Exercises

Unit 9Artificial Intelligence

9.1Overview of Artificial Intelligence

9.2About Expert System

9.3Deep Learning

9.4Robot Sophia

9.5AlphaGo Zero: Learning from Scratch

9.6Big Data Analytics

Exercises

Unit 10Data Structure and Algorithms

10.1Abstract Data Types and Algorithms

10.2Spanning Trees

10.3Block Sorting Algorithms:Parallel and Distributed Algorithm

10.4Divide��and��Conquer

Exercises

Unit 11Fundamentals of the Computing Sciences

11.1Set Theory

11.2Predicates

11.3Languages and Grammars

��1����Finite��State Machines

Exercises

Unit 12Computer Applications ��

12.1Computer Graphics

12.2Computer��Aided Design

12.3Graphical User Interface

12.4The Virtual Reality Responsive Workbench

12.5Augmented Reality

Exercises

Unit 13Computer Applications ��

13.1Distance Education Technological Models

13.2Electronic Business

13.3E��Government��Introduction

13.4Office Automation

Exercises

Unit 14Computer Applications ��

14.1Geographic Information Systems(GIS):A New Way to Look at Business Data

14.2Introduction to GPS

14.3Management Information System (MIS)

14.4Enterprise Resource Planning

Exercises

Unit 15Software Development

15.1Overview of Software Engineering

15.2Unified Modeling Language

15.3Integrated Computer Aided Software Engineering

15.4Agile Software Development Methods

15.5Middleware

Exercises

Unit 16Network Security

16.1What Do I Need to Know about Viruses?

16.2Modern Cryptography��Data Encryption

16.3Firewalls and Proxies

Exercises

Unit 17Computer Systems

17.1Embedded Systems

17.2Distributed Systems

17.3Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage

17.3.1Cloud Computing

17.3.2Cloud Storage

17.4Quantum Computing

Exercises

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