| Description |
1 online resource (1 v.) : ill. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
What are the extraordinary ideas computers use every day? -- Search engine indexing, finding needles in the world's biggest haystack -- PageRank, the technology that launched Google -- Public key cryptography, sending secrets on a postcard -- Error correcting codes, mistakes that fix themselves -- Pattern recognition, learning from experience -- Data compression, something for nothing -- Databases, the quest for consistency -- Digital signatures, who really wrote this software? -- What is computable? -- More genius at your fingertips? |
| Subject |
Computer science.
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Computer algorithms.
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Artificial intelligence.
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| Related To |
Print version: MacCormick, John, 1972- Nine algorithms that changed the future. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012 9780691147147 (DLC) 2011008867 (OCoLC)711959719 |
| ISBN |
9780691147147 |
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0691147140 |
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9781400839568 |
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1400839564 |
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