by Rick Decker and Stuart Hirshfield
MODULES:	This web site complements the book, The Analytical Engine. You'll explore what computers do and how they do it; their history and impact on society; their frivolous uses and serious applications. Use the colored squares at the top to see some overall resources, or scroll down to see the modules. Configuring your computer and browser. Quizzes to help you study.

1: A History of Computing Introduction - Origins - Information Explosion - Generations	2: Local Applications Familiar Microworlds - State of the Art - Implications	3: Global Applications History and Technology - E-mail - Usenet News - The World Wide Web - Implications
4: Designing For Use People and Machines - Anatomy of a Page - Essential HTML - Information Structures - Doing it Right	5: Cordon Bleu Programming Imagemaps and Forms - JavaScript Structure - Values, Names, and Types - Information Processing - Control Structures - Functions - Objects	6: Program Translation What the Computer Does - Binary Code - What People Do - Assembly Language
7: Hardware The Gate Level - The Arithmetic Level - Architecture	8: Theory of Computation Two ways of Thinking About Programs - The Turing Machine - Impossible Programs	9: Artificial Intelligence Intelligent Automata - People and Machines - Artificial Skills - Artificial Attributes
10: Computers and Society Through a Glass Darkly - Increased Power - Increased Reliance - Increased Access - Centralization and Control

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