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Inside the World of Computing

Release Date: 2021/05/01
ISBN: 9781786306654
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Computers and the Internet are an undeniable and inextricable part of our daily lives. This book is for those who wish to better understand how this came to be. It explores the technological bases of computers, networks, software and data management, leading to the development of four “pillars” on which the essential applications that have a strong impact on individuals and society are based: embedded systems, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet, image processing and vision.

We will travel to the heart of major application areas: robotics, virtual reality, health, mobility, energy, the factory of the future, not forgetting the major questions that this “digitization” can raise. This book is the author's testimony after fifty years spent in environments that are very open to new technologies. It offers perspectives on the evolution of the digital world that we live in.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1 From the Calculator to the Supercomputer
    1. 1.1. Introduction
    2. 1.2. Some important concepts
    3. 1.3. Towards automation of calculations
    4. 1.4. The first programmable computers
    5. 1.5. Generations of computers
    6. 1.6. Supercomputers
    7. 1.7. What about the future?
  8. 2 Computer Networks and Their Applications
    1. 2.1. Introduction
    2. 2.2. A long history
    3. 2.3. Computer network infrastructure
    4. 2.4. Communication protocols and the Internet
    5. 2.5. Applications
    6. 2.6. Networks and security
  9. 3 Software
    1. 3.1. Introduction
    2. 3.2. From algorithm to computer program
    3. 3.3. Basic languages and operating systems
    4. 3.4. “High-level” programming and applications
    5. 3.5. Software development
    6. 3.6. Software verification and validation
    7. 3.7. Legal protection and distribution of software
    8. 3.8. The software market
  10. 4 Data: From Binary Element to Intelligence
    1. 4.1. Introduction
    2. 4.2. Data and information
    3. 4.3. The structuring of data towards information
    4. 4.4. Files and their formats
    5. 4.5. Databases
    6. 4.6. Intelligence and Big Data
    7. 4.7. Data ownership and Open Data
  11. 5 Technology Building Blocks
    1. 5.1. Embedded systems
    2. 5.2. Artificial intelligence (AI)
    3. 5.3. The Internet
    4. 5.4. Image processing and vision
    5. 5.5. Conclusion
  12. 6 Some Areas of Application
    1. 6.1. Robots
    2. 6.2. Virtual reality and augmented reality
    3. 6.3. Health
    4. 6.4. The connected (and soon autonomous?) car
    5. 6.5. The smart city
    6. 6.6. Smart mobility
    7. 6.7. The factory of the future
  13. 7 Societal Issues
    1. 7.1. Security
    2. 7.2. The respect of private life
    3. 7.3. Influence on social life
    4. 7.4. Dangers to democracy
    5. 7.5. The digital divide
    6. 7.6. Mastering the use of artificial intelligence
    7. 7.7. The intelligent prosthesis and the bionic man
    8. 7.8. Transhumanism
    9. 7.9. What kind of society for tomorrow?
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. End User License Agreement
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