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UNINA9910781807203321 |
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Titolo |
Software studies : a lexicon / / edited by Matthew Fuller |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-10020-3 |
9786612100208 |
0-262-27334-9 |
1-4356-4787-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (349 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Computer software |
Computers and civilization |
Programming languages (Electronic computers) - Lexicography |
Technology and the arts |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-311) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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