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The Computer: A Very Short IntroductionWhat is the basic nature of the modern computer? How does it work? How has it been possible to squeeze so much power into increasingly smaller machines? What will the next generations of computers look like? In this Very Short Introduction, Darrel Ince looks at the basic concepts behind all computers, the changes in hardware and software that allowed computers to become so small and commonplace, the challenges produced by the computer revolution
What is the basic nature of the modern computer? How does it work? How has it been possible to squeeze so much power into increasingly smaller machines? What will the next generations of computers look like? In this Very Short Introduction, Darrel Ince looks at the basic concepts behind all computers, the changes in hardware and software that allowed computers to become so small and commonplace, the challenges produced by the computer revolution--especially whole new modes of cybercrime and security issues, the Internet and the advent of "cloud computing," and the promise of whole new horizons opening up with quantum computing and computing using DNA.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/17/2011
ISBN: 9780199586592
Pages: 139
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 6.82h x 4.53w x 0.34d
Review Citations: Choice 10/01/2012
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Style: 5-Tier Shelf Brackets, Hardware Only
Great shelves, strong and they look great.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2026
★★★★★ 5
great shelves
Style: 4-Tier Shelf Brackets, Hardware Only.
looks so good on a wall, would buy again
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Black iron shelves
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Love these shelves! Able to put without problems for this 79 yo woman.
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Man cave +1
Style: 4-Tier Shelf Brackets, Hardware Only.
Nice add to the man cave
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Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Nice and Simple - but big
Style: 4-Tier Shelf Brackets, Hardware Only.
Nice product, very simple in reality. All screws together. Shelves are probably 12inches high - higher than I wanted so I won't be using it after all - but that is my fault for not realizing how vertically spaced the shelves would be. The unit takes up a lot of vertical wall space. My only dislike (hence the -1 rating) is the large stamped letters on every wall mounting plate. The letters don't appear to mean anything, and are very large and upraised - to me they detract from the overall appearance of the unit. The letters are not possible to get rid of without a grinder or significant file-work and repainting everything (not worth the significant effort that would entail).
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