02393cam a22003737a 4500 116012 20230410143506.0 120203s2011 enka b 001 0 eng d 17147614 2012359588 GBB188275 bnb 015855415 Uk 9780199586592 (pbk) 0199586594 (pbk) (OCoLC)ocn761374747 AU@ eng AU@ CDX VP@ UKMGB BTCTA YDXCP JBG ITJCU BWX DLC lccopycat R AC 5 V573 004.16 Ince, D. (Darrel) Very short introduction The computer : a very short introduction / Darrel Ince. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. 139 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Very short introduction ; 292 Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-133) and index. 1. The naked computer; 2. The small computer; 3. The ubiquitous computer; 4. The global computer; 5. The insecure computer; 6. The disruptive computer; 7. The cloud computer; 8. The next computer. Computers have changed so much since the room-filling, bulky magnetic tape running monsters of the mid 20th century. They now form a vital part of most people's lives. And they are more ubiquitous than might be thought - you may have more than 30 computers in your home: not just the desktop and laptop but think of the television, the fridge, the microwave. But what is the basic nature of the modern computer? How does it work? How has it been possible to squeeze so much power into increasingly small machines? And what will the next generations of computers look like? In this Very Short Introduction, Darrel Ince looks at the basic concepts behind all computers; the changes in hardware and software that allowed computers to become so small and commonplace; the challenges produced by the computer revolution - especially whole new modes of cybercrime and security issues; the Internet and the advent of 'cloud computing'; and the promise of whole new horizons opening up with quantum computing, and even computing using DNA-- Source other than Library of Congress. Computers. Computer science. Computer science History. Very short introduction. lcc bk 102693 102693 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF BJB BJB REF 2023-04-10 0 R AC 5 V573 00000109792 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 bk