Foundations of Computer Science: From Data Manipulation to Theory of Computation successfully provides students with an overview of the many specializations within the field of computer science. Although many incoming freshman students are familiar with computers, they are often unaware of the broad field of computer science beyond the task of programming. Behrouz Forouzan has developed a five-part approach to introduce students to different aspects of the discipline without overwhelming them with technical detail. These topics include computer and data, computer hardware, computer software, data organization, and advanced topics. Throughout the book, Forouzan emphasizes the concept rather than the mathematical model, and difficult topics are supplemented with visual aids as needed to help students grasp concepts.
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Behrouz A. Forouzan is Professor of Computer Science at De Anza College.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid Foundation,
This review is from: Foundations of Computer Science (Paperback)
I really found this book to be an interesting read, as it says, it covers a lot of the basic computer science principles. As can be expected from a book that covers such a vast number of topics, it doesn't go into all of them in detail, although a few of them seemed to be quite in-depth. I didn't have a problem with the actual quality of the book(unlike another reviewer), though I definitely think some of the examples could be clearer. I have a good opinion of this book, I think its quite suitable as a university textbook, which is the purpose for which it was written. But I would definitely recommend it for programmers who maybe haven't done any university courses, a book like this will give insight into how things work behind the scene.
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No Quality Assurance,
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This book shows a lot of detailed process, while doing a poor job of explaining it. The first 50 pages of the book have wrong examples on multiple occasions and obvious grammatical errors. There must have been very little quality assurance performed by the publisher of this book. This is sub-standard to use for college level computer science courses. If I were a professor, I would never use a book that shows wrong examples. This is very, very poor workmanship.
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it is satisfy KIS rule,
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KIS = Keept It Simple
i am surprise to have a booke like it it is cover many aspect of computer scince and put the reader at the begining road, it acts as a key to many sciences inside computer science. yeh i know it give an intruduction but think first we takl about Introduction To Computer Science It is so nice book... I like it.
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abstract data types, java program, rich white, analytical engine, local declarations, transaction file key, unsorted sublist, new relation containing, basis path testing, control unit decodes the instruction, error report file, mailer server, old master file, master file key, control unit fetches the instruction, decrement statement, new master file, direct hashing, arithmetic shift operations, complement format, empty linked list, following decimal numbers, hashed files, logical shift operations, following key terms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Simple Language, Objectives After, None Return, Addison Wesley, Artificial Intelligence, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, Data Structures, Lempel Ziv, Computer Networks, Sorted After, Computer Organization, F-Name L-Name, John Brown, Los Angeles, Unified Modeling Language, Alan Turing, Data Storage, Course Technology, George Yellow, Examples of Programs, World Wide Web, Stop Figure, File Structures Browse Sample Pages:
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abstract data types, java program, rich white, analytical engine, local declarations, transaction file key, unsorted sublist, new relation containing, basis path testing, control unit decodes the instruction, error report file, mailer server, old master file, master file key, control unit fetches the instruction, decrement statement, new master file, direct hashing, arithmetic shift operations, complement format, empty linked list, following decimal numbers, hashed files, logical shift operations, following key terms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Simple Language, Objectives After, None Return, Addison Wesley, Artificial Intelligence, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, Data Structures, Lempel Ziv, Computer Networks, Sorted After, Computer Organization, F-Name L-Name, John Brown, Los Angeles, Unified Modeling Language, Alan Turing, Data Storage, Course Technology, George Yellow, Examples of Programs, World Wide Web, Stop Figure, File Structures Browse Sample Pages:
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