Based on the Association for Computing Imagery model curriculum guidelines, Foundations of Computer Science gives students a birds eye view of Computer Science. This easy-to-read and highly navigable text will help students quickly learn all the fundamentals of computer science they need on their course and to improve their employability prospects. Updated to cover all the latest technologies and changes to course requirements, this fifth edition features new chapters on the efficiency of algorithms, computer graphics, a complete revision on computer networks and the internet, and data security. Material on ethical issues, including intellectual property, has also been expanded.
1. Introduction
2. Number Systems
3. Data Storage
4. Operations on Data
5. Computer Organization
6. Computer Networks and Internet
7. Operating Systems
8. Algorithms
9. Efficiency of Algorithms
10. Programming Languages
11. Software Engineering
12. Data Structure
13. Abstract Data Types
14. File Structure
15. Databases
16. Data Compression
17. Security
18. Theory of Computation
19. Computer Graphics
20. Artificial Intelligence
21. Introduction to Social Media
22. Social and Ethical Issues
A. Unicode
B. Unified Modeling Language (Uml)
C. Pseudocode
D. Structure Chart
E. Boolean Algebra and Logic Circuits
F. Examples of Programs in C, C++, and Java
G. Mathematical Review
H. Error Detection and Correction
I. Addition and Subtraction for Sign-and-Magnitude Integers
Behrouz A. Forouzan has more than 38 years of electronics and computer science experience in industry and academia. His industry experience includes designing electronic systems. After leaving the industry, he joined De Anza College as a professor of computer science. In addition to this text, he has authored and co-authored nine other textbooks including: Computer Science: A Structured Approach Using C, Computer Science: A Structured Approach Using C++, and Data Structures: A Pseudocode Approach with C++, as well as titles on Data Communication and Networking, and TCP/IP Protocols.
