Invitation to computer science: Java version

An introduction to computer science

Level 1: The algorithmic foundations of computer science

Algorithm discovery and design

The efficiency of algorithms

Level 2: The hardware world

The building blocks: binary numbers, Boolean logic, and gates

Computer systems organization

Level 3: The virtual machine

An introduction to system software and virtual machines

Computer networks, the Internet, and the World Wide Web

Level 4: The software world

Introduction to high-level language programming

The Tower of Babel

Compilers and language translation

Models of computation

Level 5: Applications

Simulation and modeling

Electronic commerce and information security

Artificial intelligence

Level 6: Social issues in computing

Making decisions about computers, information, and society.