Computer Confluence Comprehensive Edition

by Beekman, George

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1/1/2005

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For courses in Introduction to Computers and Information Technology offered in departments of CIS, Computer Science, or Business. Available in two separate editions for maximum classroom flexibility, Computer Confluence combines three information sourcesan illustrated textbook, a multimedia CD-ROM, and an up-to-the-minute Companion Websiteto explore the promises and challenges of information technology, its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future. Author George Beekman seamlessly integrates his text with an unparalleled media package to provide a valuable learning package. Famous for his lively writing style, this is the perfect text for professors who want to explore the promises and challenges of information technology.

Preface

xviii

Basics

(28)

Human Dreams and Dream Machines

(2)

PC Basics

(11)

PC Hardware Basics

(4)

PC Software Basics

(1)

Screen Test: Using Microsoft Word with Microsoft Windows

(2)

Screen Test: Using Microsoft Word with Mac OS X

(2)

Screen Test: File Management with Windows

(1)

File Management Basics

(1)

PC Network Basics

(1)

Internet Basics

(9)

World Wide Web Basics

(1)

Web Search Basics

(1)

Email Basics

(1)

Screen Test: Communicating with Electronic Mail

(1)

Internet Security Basics

(1)

Applying the Basics

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Navigating Computer Confluence

(1)

Computer Confluence QuickStart

(1)

Launching the Computer Confluence CD-ROM

(1)

Exploring the Computer Confluence Web Site

(1)

Crosscurrents: The Myth of Generation N

(1)

Simson Garfinkel

Summary

(4)

Key Terms

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

(1)

True or False

(1)

Multiple Choice

(1)

Review Questions

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Project

(1)

Sources and Resources

(1)

PART 1 Approaching Computers Hardware and Software Fundamentals

Computer Currents: From Calculation to Connection

(32)

Charles Babbage, Lady Lovelace, and the Mother of All Computers

(1)

Living Without Computers

(1)

Computers in Perspective: An Evolving Idea

(5)

Before Computers

(1)

The Information-Processing Machine

(1)

The First Real Computers

(2)

Evolution and Acceleration

(1)

The Microcomputer Revolution

(2)

Computers Today: A Brief Taxonomy

(4)

Mainframes and Supercomputers

(1)

Servers, Workstations, and PCs

(1)

Portable Computers

(1)

Embedded Computers and Special-Purpose Computers

(1)

Computer Connections: The Internet Revolution

(3)

The Emergence of Networks

(1)

The Internet Explosion

(2)

Into the Information Age

(9)

Living with Computers

(1)

Explanations: Clarifying Technology

(1)

Applications: Computers in Action

(3)

Implications: Social and Ethical Issues

(4)

Inventing the Future: Tomorrow Never Knows

(1)

Crosscurrents: Silicon Hogs

(1)

Katharine Mieszkowski

Summary

(6)

Key Terms

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

(1)

True or False

(1)

Multiple Choice

(1)

Review Questions

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Projects

(1)

Sources and Resources

(2)

Hardware Basics: Inside the Box

(26)

Thomas J. Watson, Sr., and the Emperor's New Machines

(2)

What Computers Do

(1)

A Bit About Bits

(6)

Bit Basics

(1)

How It Works 2.1: Binary Numbers

(1)

Building with Bits

(1)

Bits, Bytes, and Buzzwords

(1)

How It Works 2.2: Representing the World's Languages

(1)

The Computer's Core: CPU and Memory

(10)

The CPU: The Real Computer

(2)

How It Works 2.3: The CPU

(2)

The Computer's Memory

(2)

Buses, Ports, and Peripherals

(1)

How It Works 2.4: Memory

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Green Computing

(2)

Inventing the Future: Tomorrow's Processors

(1)

Crosscurrents: Bit Literacy

(1)

Mark Hurst

Summary

(4)

Key Terms

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

(1)

True or False

(1)

Multiple Choice

(1)

Review Questions

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Projects

(1)

Sources and Resources

(1)

Hardware Basics: Peripherals

(36)

Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and the Garage that Grew Apples

(2)

Input: From Person to Processor

(8)

The Keyboard

(1)

Pointing Devices

(2)

Reading Tools

(2)

Digitizing the Real World

(2)

How It Works 3.1: Digitizing the Real World

(1)

Output: From Pulses to People

(6)

Screen Output

(2)

How It Works 3.2: Color Video

101

(1)

Paper Output

102

(1)

How It Works 3.3: Color Printing

103

(1)

Fax Machines and Fax Modems

103

(1)

Output You Can Hear

104

(1)

Controlling Other Machines

104

(1)

Storage Devices: Input Meets Output

105

(8)

Magnetic Tape

105

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Ergonomics and Health

106

(1)

Magnetic Disks

107

(1)

Optical Disks

107

(1)

How It Works 3.4: Disk Storage

108

(4)

Solid-State Storage Devices

112

(1)

The Computer System: The Sum of Its Parts

113

(5)

Ports and Slots Revisited

113

(1)

Internal and External Drives

114

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Computer Consumer Concepts

115

(1)

Expansion Made Easy

116

(1)

Putting It All Together

116

(1)

Networks: Systems Without Boundaries

117

(1)

Software: The Missing Piece

117

(1)

Inventing the Future: Tomorrow's Peripherals

118

(1)

Crosscurrents: Shifting Into Overdrive

119

(1)

J. Bradford DeLong

Summary

120

(4)

Key Terms

120

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

121

(1)

True or False

121

(1)

Multiple Choice

121

(1)

Review Questions

122

(1)

Discussion Questions

122

(1)

Projects

123

(1)

Sources and Resources

123

(1)

Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine

124

(32)

Linus Torvalds and the Software Nobody Owns

125

(2)

Processing with Programs

127

(5)

Food for Thought

127

(1)

A Fast, Stupid Machine

128

(1)

The Language of Computers

129

(1)

How It Works 4.1: Executing a Program

130

(2)

Software Applications: Tools for Users

132

(4)

Consumer Applications

132

(2)

Why We Use Applications

134

(1)

Integrated Applications and Suites: Software Bundles

135

(1)

Vertical-Market and Custom Software

136

(1)

System Software: The Hardware--Software Connection

136

(5)

What the Operating System Does

136

(2)

How It Works 4.2: The Operating System

138

(2)

Utility Programs and Device Drivers

140

(1)

Where the Operating System Lives

140

(1)

The User Interface: The Human-Machine Connection

141

(7)

Desktop Operating Systems

141

(2)

File Management: Where's My Stuff?

143

(1)

Multiple User Operating Systems: UNIX and Linux

144

(1)

Screen Test: Using Linux

145

(1)

Hardware and Software Platforms

146

(2)

Inventing the Future: Tomorrow's User Interfaces

148

(1)

Crosscurrents: The Bugs in the Machine

149

(1)

Brendan I. Koerner

Summary

150

(6)

Key Terms

151

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

151

(1)

True or False

151

(1)

Multiple Choice

152

(1)

Review Questions

153

(1)

Discussion Questions

153

(1)

Projects

154

(1)

Sources and Resources

154

(2)

PART 2 Using Software Essential Applications

Basic Office Applications

156

(44)

Doug Engelbart Explores Hyperspace

157

(1)

Word Processors and Other Word Tools

158

(5)

Entering, Editing, and Formatting Text

159

(1)

Formatting Characters

159

(1)

Formatting Paragraphs

160

(1)

Formatting the Document

160

(1)

How It Works 5.1: Font Technology

161

(1)

Screen Test: Editing a Document with Microsoft Word

162

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Word Processing Is Not Typing

163

(1)

The Wordsmith's Toolbox

163

(4)

Outliners and Idea Processors

163

(1)

Synonym Finders

164

(1)

Digital References

164

(1)

Spelling Checkers

165

(1)

Grammar and Style Checkers

166

(1)

Form Letter Generators

166

(1)

Collaborative Writing Tools

166

(1)

Emerging Word Tools

167

(1)

Processing Handwritten Words

167

(1)

Processing Words with Speech

167

(1)

Intelligent Word Processors

168

(1)

The Desktop Publishing Story

168

(5)

What Is Desktop Publishing?

169

(1)

Why Desktop Publishing?

170

(1)

Screen Test: Desktop Publishing with Adobe InDesign

171

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Beyond Desktop Tacky

172

(1)

Beyond the Printed Page

173

(3)

Paperless Publishing and the Web

173

(2)

Electronic Books and Digital Paper

175

(1)

The Spreadsheet: Software for Simulation and Speculation

176

(8)

The Malleable Matrix

176

(1)

Screen Test: Creating a Worksheet with Microsoft Excel

177

(3)

Rules of Thumb: Avoiding Spreadsheet Pitfalls

180

(1)

``What If?'' Questions

181

(1)

Spreadsheet Graphics: From Digits to Drawings

181

(2)

Rules of Thumb: Making Smart Charts

183

(1)

Statistical Software: Beyond Spreadsheets

184

(4)

Money Managers

184

(1)

Automatic Mathematics

185

(1)

Statistics and Data Analysis

185

(1)

How It Works 5.2: Scientific Computing

186

(1)

Scientific Visualization

187

(1)

Calculated Risks: Computer Modeling and Simulation

188

(4)

Computer Simulations: The Rewards

190

(1)

Computer Simulations: The Risks

190

(2)

Inventing the Future: Truly Intelligent Agents

192

(1)

Crosscurrents: Copy Protection Robs the Future Labor of Love

193

(1)

Dan Bricklin

Summary

194

(6)

Key Terms

194

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

195

(1)

True or False

195

(1)

Multiple Choice

196

(1)

Review Questions

197

(1)

Discussion Questions

197

(1)

Projects

198

(1)

Sources and Resources

198

(2)

Graphics, Digital Media, and Multimedia

200

(36)

Tim Berners-Lee Weaves the Web for Everybody

201

(1)

Focus on Computer Graphics

202

(10)

Painting: Bitmapped Graphics

203

(1)

Image Processing: Photographic Editing by Computer

204

(1)

Screen Test: Creating a CD Cover with Adobe Photoshop

205

(2)

Rules of Thumb: Creating Smart Art

207

(1)

Drawing: Object-Oriented Graphics

207

(2)

3-D Modeling Software

209

(1)

CAD/CAM: Turning Pictures into Products

209

(1)

Presentation Graphics: Bringing Lectures to Life

210

(1)

Screen Test: Creating a Presentation with Microsoft PowerPoint

211

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Making Powerful Presentations

212

(1)

Dynamic Media: Beyond the Printed Page

212

(11)

Animation: Graphics in Time

212

(2)

Desktop Video: Computers, Film, and TV

214

(2)

Data Compression

216

(1)

The Synthetic Musician: Computers and Audio

217

(1)

How It Works 6.1: Data Compression

218

(2)

Rules of Thumb: Digital Audio Do's and Don'ts

220

(1)

Samplers, Synthesizers, and Sequencers: Digital Audio and MIDI

221

(2)

Hypertext and Hypermedia

223

(1)

Interactive Multimedia: Eye, Ear, Hand, and Mind

224

(4)

Interactive Multimedia: What Is It?

224

(1)

Multimedia Authoring: Making Mixed Media

225

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Making Interactive Multimedia Work

226

(1)

Interactive Media: Visions of the Future

226

(2)

Inventing the Future: Shared Virtual Spaces

228

(1)

Crosscurrents: Memory Overload

229

(1)

Jim Lewis

Summary

230

(6)

Key Terms

230

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

231

(1)

True False

231

(1)

Multiple Choice

231

(1)

Review Questions

232

(1)

Discussion Questions

233

(1)

Projects

233

(1)

Sources and Resources

234

(2)

Database Applications and Implications

236

(36)

Bill Gates Rides the Digital Wave

237

(2)

The Electronic File Cabinet: Database Basics

239

(11)

What Good Is a Database?

239

(1)

Database Anatomy

240

(1)

Database Operations

241

(2)

Screen Test: Creating and Printing a Phone List with Filemaker Pro

243

(1)

Screen Test: Querying a Web Search Database

244

(1)

Special-Purpose Database Programs

245

(2)

Screen Test: Transporting Data with Outlook and a Palm Device

247

(1)

How It Works 7.1: The Language of Database Queries

248

(2)

Beyond the Basics: Database Management Systems

250

(3)

From File Managers to Database Management Systems

250

(2)

What Makes a Database Relational?

252

(1)

The Many Faces of Databases

253

(1)

Database Trends

253

(4)

Real-Time Computing

253

(1)

Downsizing and Decentralizing

254

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Dealing with Databases

255

(1)

Data Mining

255

(1)

Databases and the Web

255

(1)

Object-Oriented Databases

256

(1)

Multimedia Databases

256

(1)

Natural Language Databases

257

(1)

No Secrets: Computers and Privacy

257

(7)

Personal Data: All About You

258

(1)

The Privacy Problem

259

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Your Private Rights

260

(2)

Big Brother and Big Business

262

(2)

Inventing the Future: Embedded Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing

264

(1)

Crosscurrents: Privacy and Security: Finding a Balance

265

(1)

Michael J. Miller

Summary

266

(6)

Key Terms

266

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

267

(1)

True or False

267

(1)

Multiple Choice

268

(1)

Review Questions

269

(1)

Discussion Questions

269

(1)

Projects

270

(1)

Sources and Resources

270

(2)

PART 3 Exploring with Computers: Networking and the Internet

Networking and Telecommunication

272

(34)

Arthur C. Clarke's Magical Prophecy

273

(2)

Basic Network Anatomy

275

(13)

Networks Near and Far

275

(2)

Specialized Networks: From GPS to Financial Systems

277

(1)

The Network Interface

278

(1)

Communication a la Modem

279

(1)

Broadband Connections

280

(1)

Fiber-optic Connections

281

(1)

Wireless Network Technology

282

(3)

Communication Software

285

(1)

The Network Advantage

286

(2)

Email, Instant Messaging, and Teleconferencing: Interpersonal Computing

288

(10)

The Many Faces of Email

288

(1)

Mailing Lists

289

(1)

Network News

290

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Online Survival Tips

291

(1)

Instant Messaging and Teleconferencing: Real-Time Communication

291

(2)

Computer Telephony

293

(1)

The Advantages of Online Communication

293

(1)

Online Issues: Reliability, Security, Privacy, and Humanity

294

(2)

Rules of Thumb: Netiquette

296

(1)

Digital Communication in Perspective

296

(2)

Inventing the Future: A World Without Wires

298

(1)

Crosscurrents: Time To Do Everything Except Think

299

(1)

David Brooks

Summary

300

(6)

Key Terms

300

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

301

(1)

True or False

301

(1)

Multiple Choice

302

(1)

Review Questions

303

(1)

Discussion Questions

304

(1)

Projects

304

(1)

Sources and Resources

305

(1)

Inside the Internet and the World Wide Web

306

(40)

Arpanet Pioneers Build an Unreliable Network . . . on Purpose

307

(1)

Inside the Internet

308

(10)

Counting Connections

309

(1)

Internet Protocols

309

(2)

Internet Addresses

311

(2)

Internet Access Options

313

(4)

Internet Servers

317

(1)

Inside the Web

318

(9)

Web Protocols: HTTP and HTML

318

(2)

How It Works 9.1: The World Wide Web

320

(1)

Publishing on the Web

321

(1)

From Hypertext to Multimedia

321

(1)

Screen Test: Building a Web Site

322

(3)

Dynamic Web Sites: Beyond HTML

325

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Weaving Winning Web Sites

326

(1)

Inside Web Applications

327

(6)

Search Engines

327

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Working the Web

328

(1)

Portals

329

(1)

Push Technology: Notification and Alerts

330

(1)

Peer-to-Peer and Grid Computing

330

(2)

Intranets, Extranets, and Electronic Commerce

332

(1)

Web Services

333

(1)

The Evolving Internet

333

(5)

Internet2 and the Next Generation Internet

334

(1)

Internet Issues: Ethical and Political Dilemmas

334

(2)

Cyberspace: The Electronic Frontier

336

(2)

Inventing the Future: The Invisible Information Infrastructure

338

(1)

Crosscurrents: Info with a Ball and Chain

339

(1)

Steven Levy

Summary

340

(6)

Key Terms

340

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

341

(1)

True or False

341

(1)

Multiple Choice

342

(1)

Review Questions

343

(1)

Discussion Questions

343

(1)

Projects

344

(1)

Sources and Resources

344

(2)

PART 4 Living with Computers: Issues and Implications

Computer Security and Risks

346

(38)

Kempelen's Amazing Chess-Playing Machine

347

(1)

Online Outlaws: Computer Crime

348

(10)

The Computer Crime Dossier

348

(1)

Theft by Computer

349

(2)

Software Piracy and Intellectual Property Laws

351

(2)

Software Sabotage: Viruses and Other Malware

353

(3)

Hacking and Electronic Trespassing

356

(2)

Computer Security: Reducing Risks

358

(6)

Physical Access Restrictions

358

(1)

Passwords

359

(1)

Firewalls, Encryption, and Audits

359

(2)

Backups and Other Precautions

361

(1)

How It Works 10.1: Cryptography

362

(2)

Human Security Controls: Law, Management, and Ethics

364

(1)

Security, Privacy, Freedom, and Ethics: The Delicate Balance

364

(5)

When Security Threatens Privacy

365

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Safe Computing

366

(1)

Justice on the Electronic Frontier

367

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Computer Ethics

368

(1)

Security and Reliability

369

(4)

Bugs and Breakdowns

369

(2)

Computers at War

371

(2)

Is Security Possible?

373

(1)

Human Questions for a Computer Age

373

(3)

Will Computers Be Democratic?

373

(1)

Will the Global Village Be a Community?

374

(1)

Will We Become Information Slaves?

374

(1)

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

375

(1)

Inventing the Future: Microtechnology and Nanotechnology

376

(1)

Crosscurrents: Idiocy Imperils the Web

377

(1)

Jim Rapoza

Summary

378

(6)

Key Terms

378

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

379

(1)

True or False

379

(1)

Multiple Choice

380

(1)

Review Questions

381

(1)

Discussion Questions

381

(1)

Projects

382

(1)

Sources and Resources

383

(1)

Computers at Work, School, and Home

384

(36)

Alan Kay Invents the Future

385

(1)

Where Computers Work

386

(7)

The Automated Factory

388

(1)

The Automated Office

389

(2)

The Electronic Cottage

391

(1)

Rules of Thumb: Considering Computer Careers

392

(1)

Computers and Jobs

393

(5)

Computers and Job Quality

393

(3)

Employment and Unemployment

396

(1)

Workers Against Machines

396

(1)

Cautiously Optimistic Forecasts

397

(1)

Will We Need a New Economy?

397

(1)

Education in the Information Age

398

(1)

The Roots of Our Educational System

398

(1)

Information Age Education

398

(1)

Computers Go to School

399

(6)

Computer-Aided Instruction

399

(2)

Programming Tools

401

(2)

Simulations and Games

403

(1)

Productivity Tools

403

(1)

Digital Media

404

(1)

Distance Education: Virtual Schools

404

(1)

Computers at School: Midterm Grades

405

(3)

High Marks

405

(1)

Room for Improvement

406

(1)

The Classroom of Tomorrow

407

(1)

Computers Come Home

408

(5)

Household Business

408

(1)

Education and Information

409

(1)

Home Entertainment Redefined

410

(2)

Creativity and Leisure

412

(1)

Crosscurrents: High Score Education

413

(1)

James Paul Gee

Summary

414

(6)

Key Terms

414

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

415

(1)

True or False

415

(1)

Multiple Choice

415

(1)

Review Questions

416

(1)

Discussion Questions

417

(1)

Projects

418

(1)

Sources and Resources

419

(1)

Part 5 Managing Computers Information Systems at Work

Information Systems in Business

420

(44)

Andy Grove, the Paranoid Chip Merchant

421

(1)

Systems and Organizations

422

(10)

Anatomy of a System

423

(1)

Business Organizations as Systems

424

(1)

The Value Chain Model of a Business Organization

425

(2)

Information Systems

427

(2)

Information Systems for Business Transactions

429

(1)

How It Works 12.1: The Information Flow Through a Transaction Processing System

430

(2)

Enterprise Resource Planning

432

(4)

Automated Information Systems for Design and Manufacturing

433

(1)

Interorganizational Information Systems

434

(1)

International Information Systems

435

(1)

Information Technology and Management

436

(10)

Information Technology and Decision Making

438

(2)

How It Works 12.2: Information Flow in a Management Information System

440

(4)

How It Works 12.3: Using DSS for Analysis

444

(1)

Information Systems in Perspective

445

(1)

Information Technology to Support Business Strategy

446

(3)

Planning for Information Systems

449

(4)

Aligning the Information Technology Plan with the Overall Business Plan

449

(1)

Describing the Information Technology Infrastructure

450

(1)

Allocating Resources

450

(1)

Project Planning

450

(1)

Social Responsibility in the Information Age

451

(2)

Crosscurrents: The Case for Rest

453

(1)

Peter Coffee

Summary

454

(10)

Key Terms

455

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

455

(1)

True or False

455

(1)

Multiple Choice

456

(1)

Review Questions

457

(1)

Discussion Questions

457

(1)

Projects

458

(1)

Case studies

458

(4)

Sources and Resources

462

(2)

Electronic Commerce and E-Business

464

(26)

Jeff Bezos: The Virtual Bookseller

465

(1)

Electronic Commerce in Perspective

466

(3)

How E-Commerce Is Transforming Business

467

(1)

E-Commerce Models

468

(1)

Intranets: E-Commerce to Support Internal Business Processes

469

(3)

Characteristics of a B2E Intranet

470

(1)

How Organizations Use B2E Intranets

471

(1)

Extranets to Connect Business Alliances

472

(3)

Characteristics of a B2B Extranet

472

(2)

How Business Alliances Use B2B Extranets

474

(1)

B2C: The Customer Connection

475

(4)

Customer-centered Web Design

475

(1)

How It Works 13.1: Online Shopping

476

(2)

Customer Relationship Management

478

(1)

Some Technical Requirements of E-Commerce

479

(2)

Ethical Issues of E-Commerce

481

(2)

Crosscurrents: Service Matters

483

(1)

Jim Rapoza

Summary

484

(6)

Key Terms

484

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

484

(1)

True or False

485

(1)

Multiple Choice

485

(1)

Review Questions

486

(1)

Discussion Questions

486

(1)

Projects

487

(1)

Case Studies

487

(2)

Sources and Resources

489

(1)

Part 6 Mastering Computers From Algorithms to Intelligence

Systems Design and Development

490

(40)

Grace Murray Hopper Sails on Software

491

(1)

How People Make Programs

492

(4)

From Idea to Algorithm

493

(2)

From Algorithm to Program

495

(1)

Programming Languages and Methodologies

496

(12)

Screen Test: Programming in C++

497

(1)

Machine Language and Assembly Language

498

(1)

High-Level Languages

498

(2)

Structured Programming

500

(2)

How It Works 14.1: The Evolution of Basic

502

(1)

Object-Oriented Programming

503

(1)

Visual Programming

503

(1)

How It Works 14.2: Object-Oriented Programming

504

(1)

Languages for Users

504

(1)

Component Software

505

(1)

Extreme Programming

506

(1)

Programming for the Web

506

(2)

Programs in Perspective: Systems Analysis and the Systems Life Cycle

508

(10)

Systems Development

508

(1)

The Systems Development Life Cycle

509

(3)

How It Works 14.3: The Systems Development Life Cycle

512

(2)

Systems Development Tools and Techniques

514

(4)

Rules of Thumb: Avoiding Information Technology Project Failures

518

(1)

The Science of Computing

518

(2)

The State of Software

520

(2)

Software Problems

520

(1)

Software Solutions

520

(2)

Inventing the Future: The Future of Programming?

522

(1)

Crosscurrents: Kill the Operating System!

523

(1)

Simson Garfinkel

Summary

524

(6)

Key Terms

524

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

525

(1)

True or False

525

(1)

Multiple Choice

526

(1)

Review Questions

527

(1)

Discussion Questions

528

(1)

Projects

528

(1)

Sources and Resources

529

(1)

Is Artificial Intelligence Real?

530

(29)

Alan Turing, Military Intelligence, and Intelligent Machines

531

(1)

Thinking About Thinking Machines

532

(4)

Can Machines Think?

532

(1)

What Is Artificial Intelligence?

533

(1)

Opening Games

534

(2)

Natural Language Communication

536

(3)

Machine Translation Traps

536

(1)

Conversation without Communication

536

(1)

Nonsense and Common Sense

537

(2)

Knowledge Bases and Expert Systems

539

(3)

Knowledge Bases

539

(1)

Artificial Experts

540

(1)

Expert Systems in Action

540

(2)

Expert Systems in Perspective

542

(1)

Pattern Recognition: Making Sense of the World

542

(5)

Image Analysis

543

(1)

Optical Character Recognition

543

(1)

Automatic Speech Recognition

544

(1)

Talking Computers

545

(1)

Neural Networks

545

(2)

The Robot Revolution

547

(2)

What Is a Robot?

547

(2)

Steel-Collar Workers

549

(1)

Al Implications and Ethical Questions

549

(2)

Crosscurrents: Slaves to Our Machines

551

(1)

Clive Thompson

Summary

552

(7)

Key Terms

552

(1)

Interactive Quiz Questions

553

(1)

True or False

553

(1)

Multiple Choice

554

(1)

Review Questions

555

(1)

Discussion Questions

556

(1)

Projects

556

(1)

Sources and Resources

557

(2)

Appendix Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

559

(6)

Glossary

565

(17)

Credits

582

(3)

Index

585

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