The Concise Encyclopedia of Computer Science is the perfect desk reference to guide you beyond the hype and jargon that entangle computer technology and its ubi... » 

The Concise Encyclopedia of Computer Science is the perfect desk reference to guide you beyond the hype and jargon that entangle computer technology and its ubiquitous applications. Carefully edited to be readily accessible to the non-specialist, this Concise Edition comprises shortened versions of over 60% of the entries that appear in the full Fourth Edition of the Encyclopedia of Computer Science (Ralston, Reilly and Hemmendinger). With many contributions by acknowledged experts, responsible for the key developments that have shaped the discipline, articles are classified within nine main themes: -Hardware-Computer Systems-Information and Data-Software-Mathematics of Computing-Theory of Computation-Methodologies-Applications-Computing Milieux «