Computer science handbook, (2^nd Ed.)

This volume brings all of the material found in the first edition fully up to date. It incorporates the explosive growth of the Internet and the increasing importance of subject areas like human-computer interaction and massively parallel computation, and identifies key issues at the intersection of the technology and the people it impacts. It includes appendices that provide practical information about professional organizations, standards, and languages and highlights best practices as well as emerging research directions. When you think about how far and fast computer science has progressed in recent years, it's not hard to conclude that a seven-year old handbook may fall a little short of the kind of reference today's computer scientists, software engineers, and IT professionals need. With a broadened scope, more emphasis on applied computing, and more than 70 chapters either new or significantly revised, this new edition is exactly the kind of reference you need. This rich collection of theory and practice fully characterizes the current state of the field and conveys the modern spirit, accomplishments, and direction of computer science.

Computing As a Discipline and a Profession. Algorithms and Complexity. Architecture and Organization. Computational Science and Numerical Methods. Graphics and Visual Computing. Human-Computer Interaction. Information Management. Intelligent Systems. Net-Centric Computing. Operating Systems. Programming Languages. Software Engineering.