Chapter 1. Introduction to Computers, the Internet and the World Wide Web
The chief merit of language is clearness. | ||
| --Galen | ||
Our life is frittered away by detail. ... Simplify, simplify. | ||
| --Henry David Thoreau | ||
He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable. | ||
| --Thomas B. Macaulay | ||
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. | ||
| --John F. Kennedy | ||
OBJECTIVES
In this chapter you will learn:
Basic hardware and software concepts.
Object-technology concepts, such as classes, objects, attributes, behaviors, encapsulation and inheritance.
The different types of programming languages.
A typical C++ program development environment.
The history of the industry-standard object-oriented system modeling language, the UML.
The history ...
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