Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

Maccormick, John

ISBN 10: 0691209065 / ISBN 13: 9780691209067

Editore: Princeton University Press, 2020

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0691209065I2N00

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Nine revolutionary algorithms that power our computers and smartphones

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without even knowing it, we use public-key cryptography to transmit secret information like credit card numbers, and we use digital signatures to verify the identity of the websites we visit. How do our computers perform these tasks with such ease? John MacCormick answers this question in language anyone can understand, using vivid examples to explain the fundamental tricks behind nine computer algorithms that power our PCs, tablets, and smartphones.

Informazioni sull?autore: John MacCormick is associate professor of computer science at Dickinson College and a leading teacher, researcher, and writer in his field. His books include What Can Be Computed? A Practical Guide to the Theory of Computation (Princeton).

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Titolo: Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The...
Casa editrice: Princeton University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2020
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: As New
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