Key dynamics in computer programming

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Computers and Programming
	1.1. Introduction
	1.2. Hardware
	1.3. Software
	1.4. How Do Computers Store Data?
	1.5. How a Program Works?
	1.6. Using Python
	References
Chapter 2 Classification of Computer Programs
	2.1. Introduction
	2.2. Software Systems
	2.3. General Behavior of Software Systems
	2.4. Program Types
	2.5. Computer Architecture
	2.6. Examples
	2.7. Discussion
	References
Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Programming Languages
	3.1. Introduction
	3.2. Purpose of Programming Languages
	3.3. Imperative Languages
	3.4. Data-Oriented Languages
	3.5. Object-Oriented Languages
	3.6. Non-Imperative Languages
	3.7. Standardization
	3.8. Computability
	References
Chapter 4 Introduction to Python Programming
	4.1. Introduction
	4.2. Output: Print Statement
	4.3. Arithmetic Expressions: A First Look
	4.4. Variables in Python
	4.5. Arithmetic Expressions in Python
	4.6. Reading User Input In Python
	4.7. Examples of Programs Using The Input() Statement
	4.8. Math Class
	References
Chapter 5 Fundamentals of C Programming
	5.1. Introduction
	5.2. A First Program
	5.3. Variants of Hello World
	5.4. A Numerical Example
	5.5. Another Version of the Conversion Table Example
	5.6. Identifiers
	5.7. Types
	5.8. Constants
	5.9. Symbolic Constants
	5.10. Printf Conversion Specifiers
	References
Chapter 6 Dynamic Programming
	6.1. Introduction
	6.2. An Elementary Example
	6.3. Formalizing the Dynamic-Programming Approach
	6.4. Optimal Capacity Expansion
	6.5. Discounting Future Returns
	6.6. Shortest Paths in a Network
	6.7. Continuous State-Space Problems
	6.8. Dynamic Programming Under Uncertainty
	References
Chapter 7 Fundamentals of Operating Systems
	7.1. Introduction
	7.2. Computer System Organization
	7.3. Computer System Structure
	7.4. Operating System (OS) History
	7.5. Operating System (OS) Functions
	7.6. Operating System (OS) Categories
	7.7. The Performance Development of OS
	7.8. Operating System (OS) Service
	7.9. Operating System (OS) Operations
	7.10. Operating System (OS) Components
	References
Chapter 8 Timeline of Computer Windows and Its Features
	8.1. Introduction
	8.2. Ms-Dos And What Came Before
	8.3. Windows 1.0
	8.4. Windows 2.0
	8.5. Windows 3.0
	8.6. Windows 3.1
	8.7. Windows 95
	8.8. Windows 98
	8.9. Windows 2000
	8.10. Windows Me
	8.11. Windows Xp
	8.12. Windows Vista
	8.13. Windows 7
	8.14. Windows 8
	8.15. Windows 8.1
	8.16. Windows 10
	8.17. Windows 11
	8.18. The Future of Windows
	8.19. Main Features of Microsoft Windows
	References
Index
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