Computer Literacy: A Beginners’ Guide

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Main Parts of a Digital Computer....Pages 3-9
Machine Language....Pages 10-15
Computer Languages and National Languages....Pages 16-19
Computer Programs and Logical Sequences....Pages 20-26
Techniques for Displaying Sequences....Pages 27-32
A Simple Program in BASIC....Pages 33-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Levels of Computer Language....Pages 41-45
Memory Maps and Hexadecimal Codes....Pages 46-50
Memory Sizes and Store Organisation....Pages 51-55
ROMs, RAMs, Reading and Writing....Pages 56-60
Memory Back-up....Pages 61-66
Architecture and Instruction Sets....Pages 67-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Electronic Data Processing....Pages 75-78
Systems Software and Applications Software....Pages 79-82
Word Processing....Pages 83-88
Batch, On-line and Real-time Processing....Pages 89-94
Mainframe, Mini and Micro....Pages 95-100
Networks and Distributed Processing....Pages 101-106
Development of the Microprocessor....Pages 107-112
Towards the Fifth Generation of Computers....Pages 113-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
The Race for Fifth Generation Computer Systems....Pages 121-124
Expert Systems, Knowledge Based Engineering and Artificial Intelligence....Pages 125-127
Analogue Computers....Pages 128-130
Microcomputers at Home and in School....Pages 131-134
Games on Computers....Pages 135-138
Historical Perspectives....Pages 139-142
Back Matter....Pages 143-165