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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future

The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future( )
Author: MacCormick, John
Foreword by: Bishop, Chris
ISBN:978-0-691-14714-7
Publication Date:Jan 2012
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $27.95
Book Description:

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: the billions of pages on the World Wide Web. 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;...
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Book Details
Pages:232
Detailed Subjects: Computers / Computer Science
Computers / Programming / Algorithms
Computers / Artificial Intelligence / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 2.336 Inches
Book Weight:1.125 Pounds



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