Chapter 1:

• pg. 2: An expanded history of computing
• (p. 18) It is noted in Section 1.2 (and in Chapter 3) that a binary scheme having only the two binary digits 0 and 1 is used to represent information in a computer. This file describes binary (and other non-decimal) representation in more detail.
• Description and solution of a case study in revenue calculation.
• An article on computer ethics.
• Professional societies have adopted and instituted codes of ethics for their members. Summaries of the codes of conduct forcomputing professionals published by the following three major organizations are given here.
  • The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • The Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
  • The Data Processing Management Association (DPMA)

  These codes describe the computer professional's obligations to society, employers, clients, coprofessionals and professional societies.

Chapter 2:

• Importance of Program Testing: Horror Stories
• Patriot Missile Failure
• Time Spent on Program Maintenance

Chapter 3:

• Chapter 1 described briefly how a binary scheme having only the two binary digits 0 and 1 is used to represent information in a computer. The file mentioned there gives detailed descriptions of binary and other non-decimal representationand also two's complement representation of integers.
• Section 3.3.3 also mentions the coding scheme known as Unicode. Here is a link to a web page that describes it in detail.

Chapter 4:

• Bitwise Operators: (pg. 70) A brief description of the C++ bitwise operators with some examples.

Chapter5:

• Boolean Logic and Digital Design
• A comprehensive and detailed desciption of computer architecture by Prof. William Stallings.

• Two Examples of Non-numeric Recursion:
  1. Towers of Hanoi puzzle
  2. Dry Bones!

Chapter11:

• Listings of data files:
  • Inventory
  • Student
  • StudentUpdate
  • Users
  • LeastSquaresFile

Chapter12:

• Enumerations
• Valarrays
• Other Sorting Methods
• More about Vectors