Computer Technology and Computer Programming

Illustrates key computing concepts using examples in the most popular programming languages. This is an essential guide for the hundreds of thousands of students studying Introduction to Computer Scie

With over 1.4 million computing jobs predicted by 2020, computer programming is one of the fastest-growing industries to date. Parents who want to keep their kids up-to-date and prepared for the futur

A step-by-step visual guide to building your own computer games using Scratch 3.0Scratch 3.0 has landed, so stay ahead of the curve with this fully updated guide for beginner coders. Kids will love the step-by-step, visual approach that makes even the most difficult coding concepts fun and easy to understand. Coding Games in Scratch, 2nd Edition blends coding theory with the practical task of creating exciting games. Children will learn the fundamentals of computer programming by showing them how to build their own games. Coding theory is taught through practical tasks, so young programmers don't just learn how computer code works, but also why it's done that way. Jumpy Monkey will show them how to simulate gravity in their games, or give Dog's Dinner a go to learn about collision detection. Once they've whizzed through the book, the possibilities are endless!

From graphic novel superstar (and former computer programming teacher) and New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang, Secret Coders: Modules & Monsters is the sixth and final volume in a wildly

From graphic novel superstar (and former computer programming teacher) and New York Timesbestselling author Gene Luen Yang, Secret Coders: Potions & Parameters is the fifth volume in a wildly entertai

This set of more than 430 flash cards offers both review and practice for the AP Computer Science A exam. The cards include string manipulation, list handling, Java keywords, inheritance, and polymorp

"I want to do what Mommy's doing" is every child's refrain. And when Mommy (or Daddy) is working on the computer, little one can too with this delightful laptop-shaped book filled with tabs, flaps, an

Kids can take their first steps toward becoming expert computer programmers with this fully updated guide to coding for beginners.They'll master Scratch 3.0, the brand-new version of the world's most

A new-generation reference book about the cool technology of our world, for kids used to surfing and swiping.Our world is full of funky gadgets and technological gizmos. Within the next hour, you will probably use a computer, the internet, a hand-held game, or a cell phone. Technology is not only playing an ever-increasing role in our everyday lives, but also in the way we explore the world around us. Cool technology is useful, but what do we know about how it works? This book investigates the science behind technology, taking readers on a journey of discovery that they will never forget. It uncovers the smart tech of mobile phones, wi-fi, and GPS, as well as the inner workings of game consoles. It examines the world of movement--how cars, airplanes, and other vehicles run. It delves into nanotechnology, spy gadgets, cyborgs, building in space, and the eco house. Explore the pages of this book to discover how the coolest technology of today really works!

To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary computer. Then, attempting to break a Nazi code during World War II, he successfully designed and built on

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 5. Equip yourself to ace the AP Computer Science A Exam with this comprehensive study guide—including 2 full-length practice tests, thorough content reviews

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 5. Equip yourself to ace the AP Computer Science A Exam with The Princeton Review's brand-new, comprehensive study guide—including 2 full-length practice te

Featuring:The most current computer, scientific, and cultural termsEasy-to-understand definitionsA pronunciation system created with real kids in mind

An exciting new team of glamourous, crime-fighting, female detectives. Meet Oracle—the computer genius who used to fight crime as Batgirl, paralyzed by the Joker but still very much in action, and Bla

These 1990s tales introduced the new Robin, Tim Drake, and launched the Teen Wonder in his solo series. When teen computer hacker Tim Drake discovers the secret of Bruce Wayne's alter ego, can he conv

The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive, simple computer that's about the size of a credit card. It has multiple inputs and outputs that make it the foundation for almost a limitless number of projects — f

World-hopping, high-action adventure starring a smart boy with computer skills and a tough girl who pilots a blimp The airship Everness makes a Heisenberg Jump to an alternate Earth unlike any her cre

"Eleven-year-old Megan and her cousin Joey have a summer job working with computer-savvy mice to spread the word about climate change. But when there's trouble at Headquarters, Megan and Joey find the

When ten-year-old Megan helps her uncle invent the Thumbtop, the world's smallest computer, mice are overjoyed, and they want one for every mouse hole.The Big Cheese, leader of the Mouse Nation, has o

Set in the future when teenagers are monitored via camera and their recorded actions and confessions plugged into a computer program that determines their ability to succeed. All kids given a "score"

Introducing readers to the most powerful and complicated computer network they will ever encounter-their own brain-What Goes on in My Head? explains what the different parts of the brain do, how the

Bill Gates is many things: the richest person in the world; the ruthless businessman who co-founded Microsoft and led it to domination of the computer software industry; and now, the leading global ph

Updated to reflect the latest Graduate Management Admission Tests as it is given in the computer-adaptive format, this manual presents a diagnostic test and five full-length practice tests. Answers an

Cammie Morgan, who attends the spy school The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, can speak fourteen different languages, hack CIA computer codes, and kill a man seven different ways, but s

From bodies in action to computer-aided coloring, a step-by-step guide teaches budding artists everything they need to know to draw characters from the amazing universe of Marvel Comics.

The 2000 presidential election meltdown and the more recent controversy about computer voting machines did not come out of the blue. Steal This Vote tells the fraught but very colorful history of ele

Charlie McButton likes computer games so much, he never plays with anything else. When a thunderstorm knocks out the electricity, his tech empire comes tumbling down, and his whole world loses power.

THE MOST USEFUL AND AUTHORITATIVE DICTIONARY YOU CAN OWN—FOR YOUR DESK AND YOUR COMPUTER Selected by the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other leading newspapers as

"Walk through the doors of id Software and meet the close-knit group of extraordinary designers behind the computer game that is being hailed as possibly the greatest ever made. Through exclusive inte

Presents a zany selection of hundreds of the best and funniest news stories from the popular humor Web site The Onion, offersing such headlines as "Computer T Rex Gets 3-Picture Deal," "Tippy the Gori

Macintosh remains the computer of choice for high-end graphic designers, and Photoshop is still the preferred software program to produce all those professional-quality images. Now, you can create you

"This volume, likely to become a standard reference work, describes an extraordinary number of approaches to the representation of musical information for purposes of computer processing. It is a cons

A textbook for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course in neural networks for computer-science or engineering students. Presumes the standard calculus, differential equations, and advanced mathema

Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world. Did you know that WIFI was invented by a glamorous Hollywood star?Or that the first computer programmer was a woman born i

Travel through the mysterious Forbidden Forest in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read book based on Sony Pictures Animation’s all-new, fully computer animated feature film, Smurfs: The Lost Village. Smurfs: Th

Continuing legendary comic writer Chuck Dixon takes on the crime fighting duo consisting of Oracle, the computer genius who used to fight crime as Batgirl--paralyzed by the Joker but still very much i

Coding computer programs is one of the most valuable skills for anyone to have. Written for children with little to no coding experience,Coding Games with Scratch guides children through building plat

"Rebellion is a part of youth. Sometimes it's dangerous. Instead of a sword, I hold a guitar in my hands. I'm in the same, rigid world but instead of Molotov cocktails, I've got a computer. I

Disney's forthcoming feature film, Wreck-It Ralph, is a computer-animated movie about a misunderstood video game villain who wants nothing more than to be the good guy for a change, but when Ralph fin

With a New Introduction by Mary Gaitskill A PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist A New York Times Book Review Notable Book Ellen Ullman is a "rarity, a computer programmer with a poet’s feeling for language"