When Papa brings home a computer, the whole family is soon spending all day, every day staring at the screen, which means it is up to Papa to get the Berenstains back into the real world.

This book introduces readers to the concept of logic, which lies at the heart of coding.

Particle Swarm Optimization is a population-based algorithm, which mimics the social behaviour of animals in a flock. It makes use of individual and group memory to update each particle position allowing global as well as local search optimization. Analytically the PSO behaves similarly to a traditional line-search where the step length and search direction are stochastic. Furthermore, it was shown that the PSO search strategy can be represented as...

"Chromebooks in easy steps illustrates all the clever features of this versatile, budget-friendly alternative to a Windows laptop or MacBook. Covering all Chromebook models, it: demystifies what a Chromebook is and how it differs from other types of laptops and tablets; shows how to get your Chromebook up and running in no time; guides you through the Chrome web browser, Gmail and other key apps such as Docs, Sheets, and Slides; reveals how to make...

Describes several "famous" moments of innovation and then examines the subject's evolution towards the future of the computer, includes biographies, fact boxes, timelines.

From power failures to broken parts and wacky inventions doomed to fail, readers discover that the history of computers is filled with outrageous bloopers and pitfalls that eventually led to the technology we take for granted today.

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Surveys the history of devices leading up to modern computer systems, from ancient celestial calculators and abacuses to punched card systems and the Univac.