DocumentCode
1169234
Title
What should an Educated Person Know About Computers?
Author
Kernighan, Brian W.
Author_Institution
Department of Computer Science, Princeton University, bwk@cs.princeton.edu
Volume
13
Issue
2
fYear
2008
Firstpage
5
Lastpage
11
Abstract
Everyone has high speed Internet access, everyone uses email to keep in touch with friends and family, and we all shop and search online. But most of the computing iceberg lies hidden below the surface. My view of what an educated person should know about computing focuses on three core pieces: hardware, software, and communications.
Keywords
Computers; Data mining; Hardware; Internet; Probability density function; Software; Temperature sensors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Solid-State Circuits Society Newsletter, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1098-4232
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/N-SSC.2008.4785733
Filename
4785733
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