Chapter 1

Preliminaries

1.1An Orientation to Computers
1.1.1 A Simple Responsive Machine
1.1.2 Character Codes
1.1.3 The ASCII Character Set
1.1.4 Representation of Data in a Computer
1.2Files and Directories
1.3Operating Systems
1.4Glossary, Conventions, and Understandings
1.5Assumed Background
1.5.1 The Gamma Function
1.5.2 The Laplace Transform
1.6Licensing Issues


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