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Author Spraul, V. Anton, author

Title How software works : the magic behind encryption, CGI, search engines, and other everyday technologies / by V. Anton Spraul
Published San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Contents Encryption -- Passwords -- Public keys -- Movie graphics -- Video game graphics -- Compressed video -- Fast access -- Concurrency
Summary "A guide for non-technical readers that explores topics like data encryption; computer graphics creation; password protection; video compression; how data is found in huge databases; how programs can work together on the same problem without conflict; and how map software finds routes."-- Provided by publisher
Notes Includes index
Print version record
Subject Electronic data processing -- Popular works
Computer software -- Popular works
Computer networks -- Popular works
COMPUTERS -- General.
Computer networks
Computer software
Electronic data processing
Genre/Form Popular works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781593276669
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