Computational Thinking
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Courst Outline
Chapter 1: Data Storage
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1.1 Bits and Their Storage
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1.4 Representing Information as Bit patterns
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1.8 Data and Programming
Chapter 2: Data Storage
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2.4 Arithmetic/Logic
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2.6 Programming Data Manipulation
Chapter 5: Algorithms
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5.1 The Concept of an Algorithm
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5.2 Algorithm Representation
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5.3 Algorithm Discovery
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5.4 Iterative Structures
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5.5 Recursive Structures
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5.6 Efficiency and Correctness
Chapter 6: Programming Languages
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6.1 Historical Perspective
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6.2 Traditional Programming Concepts
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6.3 Procedural Units
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6.5 Object-Oriented Programming
Chapter 7: Software Engineering
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7.1 The Software Engineering Discipline
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7.2 The Software Life Cycle
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7.3 Software Engineering Methodologies
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7.4 Modularity
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7.5 Tools of the Trade
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7.6 Quality Assurance
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7.7 Documentation
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7.8 The Human-Machine Interface
Chapter 8: Data Abstractions
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8.1 Basic Data Structures
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8.2 Related Concepts
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8.5 Customized Data Types
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8.6 Classes and Objects
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8.7 Abstract Models
Chapter 9: Database Systems
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9.1 Database Fundamentals
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9.2 The Relational Model
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9.3 Object-Oriented Databases
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9.5 Traditional File Structures
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9.6 Data Mining
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9.7 Social Impact of Database Technology
Chapter 11: Artificial Intelligence
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11.1 Intelligence and Machines
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11.2 Perception
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11.3 Reasoning
Chapter 12: Theory of Computation
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12.1 Functions and their Computation
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12.2 Turing Machines
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12.3 Universal Programming Languages
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12.4 A Non-computable Function
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12.5 Complexity of Problems