Nine algorithms that changed the future : the ingenious ideas that drive today's computers
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Author
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2012].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780691147147, 0691147140, 9780691158198, 0691158193
Physical Desc
x, 219 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction
006.3 MAC
1 available
006.3 MAC
1 available
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Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2012].
Language
English
ISBN
9780691147147, 0691147140, 9780691158198, 0691158193
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack: the billions of pages on the World Wide Web. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without even knowing it, we use public-key cryptography to transmit secret information like credit card numbers; and we use digital signatures to verify the identity of the websites we visit. How do our computers perform these tasks with such ease? This is the first book to answer that question in language anyone can understand, revealing the extraordinary ideas that power our PCs, laptops, and smartphones. Using vivid examples, John MacCormick explains the fundamental "tricks" behind nine types of computer algorithms, including artificial intelligence (where we learn about the "nearest neighbor trick" and "twenty questions trick"), Google's famous PageRank algorithm (which uses the "random surfer trick"), data compression, error correction, and much more. These revolutionary algorithms have changed our world: this book unlocks their secrets, and lays bare the incredible ideas that our computers use every day.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
MacCormick, J. (2012). Nine algorithms that changed the future: the ingenious ideas that drive today's computers . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)MacCormick, John, 1972-. 2012. Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)MacCormick, John, 1972-. Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers Princeton University Press, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)MacCormick, John. Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers Princeton University Press, 2012.
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