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 ====== Computer Science Fundamentals ====== ====== Computer Science Fundamentals ======
 Mithat Konar\\  Mithat Konar\\ 
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   * **computer science**: The science of what can be computed.   * **computer science**: The science of what can be computed.
   * **//computational// science**   * **//computational// science**
-  * What is computation?+    * What is computation?
  
 =====  Major branches of computer science ===== =====  Major branches of computer science =====
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 ===== Application fields ===== ===== Application fields =====
  
-![Computational fields](img/computational-fields-600px.png+{{:computer_basics:computational-fields.png?600|}}((From Charles Dierbach, //Introduction to Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-solving Focus// (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2013).))
-^[Charles Dierbach, *Introduction to Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-solving Focus(Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2013).]+
  
 ===== What about programming? ===== ===== What about programming? =====
  
-!['Tis but a tool](img/gear-tools-300px.png)+{{:computer_basics:gear-tools-300px.png|}}
  
 ===== Algorithms ===== ===== Algorithms =====
  
-  * The word *algorithm* is derived from the name of 9th-century mathematician and astronomer Al-Khwarizmi.+  * The word **algorithm** is derived from the name of 9th-century mathematician and astronomer Al-Khwarizmi.
     * Worked under the caliphate of al-Ma'mun in Baghdad.      * Worked under the caliphate of al-Ma'mun in Baghdad. 
-    * Also introduced "al-jabr", which in English is called "algebra".+    * Also introduced "al-jabr", which in English is called "algebra"(//[[wp>The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing]]//)
   * First appears in European texts in 17th century.   * First appears in European texts in 17th century.
   * Modern usage in 19th century.   * Modern usage in 19th century.
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 ===== What is a computer? ===== ===== What is a computer? =====
  
-![Computer diagram](img/computer-diagram.png)+{{:computer_basics:computer-diagram.png|}}
  
 ===== Hardware ===== ===== Hardware =====
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 ===== Kinds of software ===== ===== Kinds of software =====
  
-![The software stack](img/kinds-of-software.png)+{{:computer_basics:kinds-of-software.png?|}} 
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