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CMSC 201 & 201H Fall '98
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Lecture 01
Introduction to Computer Science
Reading
Chapter 1
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.
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Saturday, 29-Aug-1998 15:43:40 EDT