Download or read book Foundations of Computer Science written by Behrouz A. Forouzan and published by Cengage Learning EMEA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the ACM model curriculum guidelines, this text covers the fundamentals of computer science required for first year students embarking on a computing degree. Data representation of text, audio, images, and numbers; computer hardware and software, including operating systems and programming languages; data organization topics such as SQL database models - they're all [included]. Progressing from the bits and bytes level to the higher levels of abstraction, this birds-eye view provides the foundation to help you succeed as you continue your studies in programming and other areas in the computer field.-Back cover.