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This is an online, interactive text for exploring the concepts and topics normally taught in the ACM CS0 course. This online text as of Spring 2009 does have some of content, and is currently under development. The current most active work is on the CS2 course content, this content (CS0) will hopefully have significant work done on it during Summer 2009.

Contents 1 The Professions in Computing 2 A brief History of Computing 3 The Machine: an introduction to Computer Architecture 4 The Science of Computation 5 The Engineering of Software Systems

The Professions in Computing

Computing Disiplines
Evolution of Computer Science
Educational Pathways

A brief History of Computing

Computing History: the 6 generations of computers
Pioneers of Computing

The Machine: an introduction to Computer Architecture

Number Systems
Data Representations
Digital Logic
Machine Architecture
System Software
Application Software

The Science of Computation

Algorithms and Psuedocode
An brief introduction to Computability and Complexity
Survey of Abstract Data Types
Artificial Intelligence

The Engineering of Software Systems

An introduction to Software Engineering
Software Lifecycles
Problem Solving
Programming Languages