An introduction to computer engineering for babies. Learn basic logic gates with hands on examples of buttons and an output LED.

A one-semester, undergraduate course stressing the use of information transfer concepts necessary to analysis and design of modern digital systems. It is organized to provide an integrated overview of the various classes of digital information-processing systems and devices and the interrelationship between the hardware and software techniques that can be used to solve problems.

"This package represents the merging of two traditional freshman engineering courses: Intro to Computing (fortran and Basic) and Intro to Engineering (a discipline overview). The text is written for the required freshman course and is designed to give the students a basic knowledge of computer concepts and capabilities and to provide a broad overview/history of the engineering career. The new edition again focuses on Basic and Fortran as the primary programming languages but includes new material on various word processing systems,spreadsheets,computer aided design packages and some high-level language applications." -- Publisher.

This book is suitable for use in a university-level first course in computing (CS1), as well as the increasingly popular course known as CS0. It is difficult for many students to master basic concepts in computer science and programming. A large portion of the confusion can be blamed on the complexity of the tools and materials that are traditionally used to teach CS1 and CS2. This textbook was written with a single overarching goal: to present the core concepts of computer science as simply as possible without being simplistic.

While the development of Information Technology has been obvious to all, the underpinning computer science has been less apparent. Subrata Dasgupta provides a thought-provoking introduction to the field and its core principles, considering computer science as a science of symbol processing.