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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

Name: Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9780691209050

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2 Ratings: 5
Series: 116 of 43
Duration: 6H 57min
Language: English
Format
Category: Non-Fiction

This audiobook narrated by Quentin Cooper explains the tricks behind nine revolutionary algorithms that power our computers and smartphones

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without even knowing it, we use public-key cryptography to transmit secret information like credit card numbers, and we use digital signatures to verify the identity of the websites we visit. How do our computers perform these tasks with such ease? John MacCormick answers this question in language anyone can understand, using vivid examples to explain the fundamental tricks behind nine computer algorithms that power our PCs, tablets, and smartphones.

Release date

Audiobook: 22 September 2020
Ebook: 15 September 2020