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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781807203321

Titolo

Software studies : a lexicon / / edited by Matthew Fuller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008

ISBN

1-282-10020-3

9786612100208

0-262-27334-9

1-4356-4787-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Collana

Leonardo

Altri autori (Persone)

FullerMatthew

Disciplina

005.1

Soggetti

Computer software

Computers and civilization

Programming languages (Electronic computers) - Lexicography

Technology and the arts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-311) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Algorithm; Analog; Button; Class Library; Code; Codecs; Computing Power; Concurrent Versions System; Copy; Data Visualization; Elegance; Ethnocomputing; Function; Glitch; Import / Export; Information; Intelligence; Interaction; Interface; Internationalization; Interrupt; Language; Lists; Loop; Memory; Obfuscated Code; Object Orientation; Perl; Pixel; Preferences; Programmability; Sonic Algorithm; Source Code; System Event Sounds; Text Virus; Timeline (sonic); Variable; Weird Languages; Bibliography; About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of short expository, critical and speculative texts offers a field guide to the cultural, political, social and aesthetic impact of software. Experts from a range of disciplines each take a key topic in software and the understanding of software, such as algorithms and logical structures.