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COMP1200 References

Text book and other reading material

The Text Book

The set text for 2008 is:

Computer Science - an overview, 9th Edition, by J. Glenn Brookshear, Addison Wesley, 2006.
 

This is the only text book that you will require for this course. It is recommended that you obtain a copy of this book. Copies are available at the co-op bookshop.
 

 

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Sections to Read in the text book

This is 2007 information and may change slightly for 2008.

Computer Architecture

• Chapter 1 sections 1,2,4-7.
• Chapter 2 sections 1-6

Operating Systems & Networks

• Chapter 1 - section 3
• Chapter 3 - sections 1-5
• Chapter 4 - sections 1-5

Computation

• Chapter 1 - section 8
• Chapters 5,6,11

History

• Chapter 0 - section 2

Software Engineering

• Chapter 7

Information Systems and IT Issues

• Chapters 9,10

Other reading material and web links

• Computer Architecture

  • Computer Engineering - Hardware Design by Morris Mano, Prentice-Hall International Editions, 1988.
  • Computer Architecture and Organization by John Hayes, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 1988.
  • The Pattern on the Stone - The simple ideas that make computers work by Daniel Hillis, Perseus Books, 1999.

• Operating Systems & Networks

  • Operating Systems fourth edition edition by William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2001.

• Computation

  • The Pattern on the Stone - The simple ideas that make computers work by Daniel Hillis, Perseus Books, 1999.
  • DataCompression.info has an extensive collection of links related to Data Compression.
  • Web Graphics looks at the relative merits of JPEG, GIF and PNG images.

• The History of Computing

  • Computer history timeline
    
  • Another one
    
  • Large collection of history-related links
    
  • Various links and pictures
    
  • Two articles on Konrad Zuse: by himself   by his son
    
  • The Colossus computer
    
  • The Manchester computers
    
  • Moore's law in the future.
    
  • Petaflops
    
  • LANL site on quantum computation
    
  • A brief summary of quantum computers
    
  • Article on the next decade or so of silicon chips
    IBM says that
  • carbon nanotubes will be the next thing after silicon.

• Software Engineering

  • The Mythical Man Month by Brooks, Addison Wesley, Anniversary Edition 1995, Original published 1975

• Information Systems & Information Technology Issues

 

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