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- catalog abstract ""Daniel Hillis offers an easy-to-follow explanation of how data is processed that makes the operation of a computer seem as straightforward as those of a bicycle." "Hillis proceeds from an outline of basic logic to clear descriptions of programming languages, algorithms and memory. He then takes readers in simple steps up to the most exciting developments in computing today - quantum computing, parallel computing, neural networks, and self-organizing systems."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11039511.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""Daniel Hillis offers an easy-to-follow explanation of how data is processed that makes the operation of a computer seem as straightforward as those of a bicycle." "Hillis proceeds from an outline of basic logic to clear descriptions of programming languages, algorithms and memory. He then takes readers in simple steps up to the most exciting developments in computing today - quantum computing, parallel computing, neural networks, and self-organizing systems."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index.".
- catalog description "Nuts and bolts -- Universal building blocks -- Programming -- How universal are Turing Machines? -- Algorithms and heuristics -- Memory: information and secret codes -- Speed: parallel computers -- Computers that learn and adapt -- Beyond engineering.".
- catalog extent "xi, 164 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0465025951 (hc)".
- catalog isPartOf "Science masters series.".
- catalog isPartOf "Science masters".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog subject "004 21".
- catalog subject "Computers.".
- catalog subject "QA76.5 .H4918 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Nuts and bolts -- Universal building blocks -- Programming -- How universal are Turing Machines? -- Algorithms and heuristics -- Memory: information and secret codes -- Speed: parallel computers -- Computers that learn and adapt -- Beyond engineering.".
- catalog title "The pattern on the stone : the simple ideas that make computers work / W. Daniel Hillis.".
- catalog type "text".