The Key Dynamics in Computer Science gives readers an integrated and rigorous tour into the overall computer architecture, including its hardware and software components. The book takes a refreshing, ground-level approach to allow the students to gain a clear picture of how computers work. Designed and supported with numerous real-world illustrations, the book leads students through 8 chapters that gradually build a basic hardware platform coupled with modern operating system hierarchy from the ground up. Additionally, this volume delved deeper into modern programming languages, including Python and C. All in all, it is a fantastic reference for emerging technical professions and supports them to gain a thorough understanding of the modern computer hardware and software components. Cover Title Page Copyright ABOUT THE EDITOR 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 Back Cover
