Lecture 01
Introduction to Computer Science

Reading

Topics

• What is Computer Science?
• A brief history of computing and computers
• A brief tour of a computer
• Algorithms, programming, debugging, software engineering
• Learning Computer Science by learning to program in C

For next class

• Buy text and read chapters 1 and 2
• Get an account on the UMBC GL machines.
• Learn how to use a Web browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer, Mosiac, Lynx).
• Review the CMSC 201 web pages.