Chapter 1. Introduction to Computers, the Internet and the Web
Things are always at their best in their beginning. | ||
| --Blaise Pascal | ||
The chief merit of language is clearness. | ||
| --Galen | ||
Our life is frittered away by detail. ... Simplify, simplify. | ||
| --Henry David Thoreau | ||
He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable. | ||
| --Thomas B. Macaulay | ||
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. | ||
| --John F. Kennedy | ||
In this chapter, you will learn:
<objective>Basic computer concepts.
</objective> <objective>The different types of programming languages.
</objective> <objective>The history of the C programming language.
</objective> <objective>The purpose of the C Standard Library.
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