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Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Principles of Computer System Design
Jerome H. Saltzer & M. Frans Kaashoek · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principles of Computer System Design: An Introduction is published in two parts. Part I, containing chapters 1-6, is a traditional printed textbook published by Morgan Kaufman, an imprint of Elsevier. Part II, containing chapters 7-11, is available here as an open educational resource.
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Relational Databases and Microsoft Access
Ron McFadyen · University of Winnipeg
This text is a free introductory text that introduces MS Access and relational database design. The motivation is to support a second-year course on database systems which, to the student, is either a service course providing an introduction to database concepts, or, as a prerequisite for more advanced study in the field.
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Data Structure and Algorithms
Harrison Njoroge · African Virtual University
This text teaches learners the way information is organized in the computer and which have an impact on the performance of the computer. The purpose of this course is to provide the students with solid foundations in the basic concepts of programming: data structures and algorithms. The main objective of the text is to teach the students how to select and design data structures and algorithms that are appropriate for problems that they might encounter.
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x86-64 Assembly Language Programming with Ubuntu
Ed Jorgensen · University of Navada, Las Vegas
The purpose of this text is to provide a reference for University level assembly language and systems programming courses. Specifically, this text addresses the x86-64 instruction set for the popular x86-64 class of processors using the Ubuntu 64-bit Operating System (OS). The x86-64 is a Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) CPU design.
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An Introduction to Matlab and Mathcad
Troy Siemers · Virginia Military Institute
This textbook, or really a “coursebook” for a college freshman-level class, has been updated for Spring 2014 and provides an introduction to programming and problem solving using both Matlab and Mathcad. We provide a balanced selection of introductory exercises and real-world problems (i.e. no “contrived” problems). We include many examples and screenshots to guide the reader. We assume no prior knowledge of Matlab or Mathcad.
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Clickbait Bias and Propaganda in Information Networks
Fister et al. · LibreTexts
Based on Mike Caulfield's Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers, this is a short handbook for understanding and evaluating information in a networked environment that bombards us with misinformation, opinion, news, satire, memes, and all the feels.
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Python for Everybody
Chuck Severance · University of Michigan
Writing programs (or programming) is a very creative and rewarding activity. You can write programs for many reasons, ranging from making your living to solving a difficult data analysis problem to having fun to helping someone else solve a problem. This book assumes that everyone needs to know how to program, and that once you know how to program you will figure out what you want to do with your newfound skills.
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High Performance Computing
Chuck Severance · University of Michigan
The purpose of this book is to teach new programmers and scientists about the basics of High Performance Computing. Too many parallel and high performance computing books focus on the architecture, theory and computer science surrounding HPC. This book speaks to the practicing chemistry student, physicist, or biologist who need to write and run their programs as part of their research.
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Eloquent JavaScript
Marijn Haverbeke · LibreTexts
This is a book about JavaScript, programming, and the wonders of the digital. JavaScript lies at the heart of almost every modern web application, from social apps like Twitter to browser-based game frameworks like Phaser and Babylon. Though simple for beginners to pick up and play with, JavaScript is a flexible, complex language that you can use to build full-scale applications.
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An Introduction to Computer Networks
Peter Lars Dordal · Loyola University of Chicago
This text is a free and open general-purpose computer-networking textbook, complete with diagrams and exercises.It covers the LAN, internetworking and transport layers, focusing primarily on TCP/IP. Particular attention is paid to congestion; other special topics include queuing, real-time traffic, network management, security and the ns simulator.
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GIS Commons: An Introductory Textbook on Geographic Information Systems
Michael Schmandt · Sacramento State University
This e-text focuses primarily on Geographic Information Systems (GIS)—a geospatial technology that enables you to create spatial databases, analyze spatial patterns, and produce maps that communicate more effectively. While this GIS textbook is principally an introduction to GIS, most of the chapter’s concepts are applicable to other geotechnologies including remote sensing, global positioning systems (GPS), Internet mapping, and virtual globes.
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Python Programming
OpenStax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 15: Data Science · 15.01: Introduction to Data Science
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Physical Modeling in MATLAB
Allen B. Downey · Olin College
Modeling and simulation are powerful tools for explaining the world, making predictions, designing things that work, and making them work better. Learning to use these tools can be difficult; this book is my attempt to make the experience as enjoyable and productive as possible. By reading this book—and working on the exercises—you will learn some programming, some modeling, and some simulation. With basic programming skills, you can create models for a wide range of physical systems.
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Introduction to Programming using Fortran 95/2003/2008
Ed Jorgensen · University of Navada, Las Vegas
This text provides an introduction to programming and problem solving using the Fortran 95/2003/2008 programming language. This introduction is geared for non computer science majors. As such, this text is not a complete, comprehensive guide to the Fortran 95/2003/2008 programming language. The primary focus is on an introduction to problem solving and algorithm development. As such, many details of the Fortran 95/2203/2008 language are omitted.
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson, Gerald Sussman & Julie Sussman · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The material in this book has been the basis of MIT's entry-level computer science subject and emphasizes several new themes. The most important of these is the central role played by different approaches to dealing with time in computational models: objects with state, concurrent programming, functional programming, lazy evaluation, and nondeterministic programming. We have included new sections on concurrency and nondeterminism, and we have tried to integrate this theme throughout the book.
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Data Structures
Wikipedia · LibreTexts
This book is about the creation and analysis of efficient data structures. To understand the material in this book you should be comfortable enough in a programming language to be capable of working with and writing your own variables, arithmetic expressions, if-else conditions, loops, subroutines (also known as functions), pointers (also known as references or object handles), structures (also known as records or classes), simple input and output, and simple recursion.
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CSCI 110: Programming with C++
Sandra Ruiz · Crafton Hills College
Introduction to computer science, including programming, theory, and applications. Introduction to computer software design, implementation, methods, environment, and problem solving using the C++ language. Topics include data types, variables, expressions, input/output, control structures, functions, arrays, strings, and introduction to object-oriented programming
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Foundations of Computation
Carol Critchlow & David J. Eck · Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Foundations of Computation is a free textbook for a one-semester course in theoretical computer science. The course has no prerequisites other than introductory computer programming. The first half of the course covers material on logic, sets, and functions that would often be taught in a course in discrete mathematics. The second part covers material on automata, formal languages, and grammar that would ordinarily be encountered in an upper level course in theoretical computer science.
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A Guide to MATLAB
Austin Bray & Reza Montazami · LibreTexts
This textbook provides an introduction to the MATLAB programming language for first-year mechanical engineering students enrolled in ME 160. Designed to follow the content taught in class, this book provides a supplement to in-class learning that is presented at a level that is understandable to a student with no experience coding before coming to Iowa State University.
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Think Data Structures - Algorithms and Information Retrieval in Java
Allen B. Downey · Olin College
This book is intended for college students in computer science and related fields, as well as professional software engineers, people training in software engineering, and people preparing for technical interviews.