Now in its eighth edition, this book continues to provide a comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to the dynamic field of computer science using a breadth-first approach. The table of contents and the text itself have been revised and expanded to reflect changes in the field, including the trend toward using Web and Internet Technology, the evolution of Objects, and the important growth in the field of databases. Specifically, chapter three from the previous edition has been expanded into two chapters. Chapter three will now only cover Operating Systems and the new chapter four will focus on Networks and the Internet. Anyone interested in gaining a thorough introduction to Computer Science. </P>

J. Glenn Brookshear 世界知名的計算機科學教育傢。他在1975年獲得新墨西哥州立大學博士後，創辦瞭Marquette大學的計算機科學學位項目，並在該校任教至今。他的主 要研究方嚮是計算理論。除瞭本書之外，他還著有Theory of Computationr: Formal Languages, Automata, and Complexity。