What is computer science? : an information security perspective /
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Author / Creator: | Page, Daniel, author. |
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Imprint: | Cham : Springer, 2014. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) : illustrations. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science, 1863-7310 Undergraduate topics in computer science, |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11082914 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Foundations of Computer Science
- Compressing and Correcting Digital Media
- Writing and Comparing Algorithms
- Playing Hide-and-Seek with Virus Scanners
- How Long is a Piece of String?
- Demystifying Web-Search: The Mathematics of PageRank
- Part II: Examples from Information Security
- Using Short Programs to Make and Break Historical Ciphers
- Generation and Testing of Random Numbers
- Safety in Numbers: Modern Cryptography from Ancient Arithmetic
- Hiding a Needle in a Haystack: Concealed Messages
- Picking Digital Pockets.