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020 _a9780198733461
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040 _aANU
041 _aEnglish
082 _a028.7 DAS
100 _aDasgupta, Subrata
245 0 _aComputer science : A very short introduction
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _c2016
_bOxford University Press
_aOxford, United Kingdom
300 _axvii, 147 pages ; 18 cm.
440 _aA very short introduction
500 _a<p>Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index.</p>
520 _aSubrata Dasgupta explores the fundamental nature of computer science, and sheds light on its central concepts. He considers algorithms, programming, sequential and parallel processing, and emerging ideas such as biological computing and cognitive modelling, and discusses the idea of computer science as a study of the artificial
650 _aComputer science
942 _cBK
999 _c1002
_d1002