Develop a core understanding of the concepts of modern computer science

Computer Science: An Overview, 13th edition, Global Edition, by J. Glenn Brookshear, and Dennis Brylow, is written for students from all backgrounds, giving you a bottom-up, concrete-to-abstract foundation in the subject. Its broad coverage encourages a practical and realistic understanding of computer science, covering all the major concepts. The book's broad background exposes beginning computer science students to the breadth of the subject they plan to major in and teaches students from other backgrounds how to relate to the technical society in which they live.

Learn in a flexible way with independent chapters you can study in any order with full-colour design to help you engage with the information. The text also uses Python to provide programming tools for exploration and experimentation in your learning.

This 13th edition has been corrected and updated in each chapter to refine your learning experience. With more than 1,000 questions and exercises, the book trains your thinking skills with useful chapter review problems and contains questions surrounding social issues to reinforce core concepts.

This text is comprehensive and highly accessible, making it ideal for undergraduate studies in computer science.

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For Introduction to Computer Science courses. Computer Science: An Overview is written for students of computer science as well as students from other disciplines. Its broad coverage and clear exposition are accessible to students from all backgrounds, encouraging a practical and realistic understanding of the subject. Written to provide students with a bottom-up, concrete-to-abstract foundation, this broad background exposes beginning computer science students to the breadth of the subject in which they are planning to major, and students from other disciplines to what they need to relate to the technical society in which they live. Individual chapters are independent, and can be covered in an order that suits instructor course needs with selected content marked as optional for the introductory course. With a new full-colour design, each chapter in the 13th Edition has seen revisions, updates, and corrections from the previous editions. The text also continues to use Python to provide programming tools for exploration and experimentation. More than 1,000 questions and exercises, Chapter Review Problems, and Social Issues questions reinforce core concepts.

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• 1. Data Storage
• 2. Data Manipulation
• 3. Operating Systems
• 4. Networking and the Internet
• 5. Algorithms
• 6. Programming Languages
• 7. Software Engineering
• 8. Data Abstractions
• 9. Database Systems
• 10. Computer Graphics
• 11. Artificial Intelligence
• 12. Theory of Computation
• Appendixes:
• A. ASCII
• B. Circuits to Manipulate Two's Complement Representations
• C. Vole: A Simple Machine Language
• D. High-Level Programming Languages
• E. The Equivalence of Iterative and Recursive Structures
• F. Answers to Questions & Exercises
• Index