CHAPTER 1: Intruduction to Computers
 


  •                                1.1 Introduction 2
                                   1.2 What Is a Computer? 4
                                   1.3 Computer Organization 4
                                   1.4 Evolution of Operating Systems 5
                                   1.5 Personal Computing, Distributed Computing and Client/Server Computing 6
                                   1.6 Machine Languages, Assembly Languages and High-level Languages 7
                                   1.7 The History of C 8
                                   1.8 The C Standard Library 9
                                   1.9 The Key Software Trend: Object Technology 10
                                   1.10 C++ and C++ How to Program 11
                                   1.11 Java and Java How to Program 12
                                   1.12 Other High-level Languages 13
                                   1.13 Structured Programming 13
                                   1.14 The Basics of a typical C Program Development Environment 14
                                   1.15 Hardware Trends 16
                                   1.16 History of the Internet 17
                                   1.17 History of the World Wide Web 18
                                   1.18 General Notes About C and this Book 19