Introduction to Computer Science

The book Introduction to Computer Science is a modern introductory book, written with simplicity and clarity, which helps the reader to travel in the wonderful world of computers and the Internet. It addresses a very wide range of topics and provides answers to current and topical questions.

The reader can be informed and study issues related to the structure and operation of the computer, starting from the "dinosaurs" of the '40s and ending with the modern computers of the multiple processing units with their advanced peripherals.

The reader can also study topics related to:
• System and application software,
• Computer networks, with an emphasis on the Internet and broadband,
• Artificial intelligence, neural networks and robotics,
• The impact of computers and the Internet on society, education, entertainment, the arts and the sciences.

Ιt can, finally, be informed about the effects on the physical and mental health of man from the irrational use of the computer and the Internet.

The target group to which this book is addressed is large. His study can offer a lot to the beginner, to the ordinary user but also to the expert reader who wants to be more introduced to the modern society of information and communications.