ISBN |
9781912537051 (paperback) |
Name |
Woolf, Alex, 1964- author. |
Title |
You wouldn't want to live without coding! / written by Alex Woolf ; illustrated by David Antram. |
Published |
Brighton : Book House, an imprint of The Salariya Book Company Ltd, 2019. |
©2019 |
Description |
32 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
How do you code a computer? -- How did coding begin? -- Who invented the first computers? -- How did computers develop? -- What are programming languages? -- How has the Internet affected coding? -- Who creates computer programs? -- What is debugging? -- What is hacking? -- What is a computer virus? -- How does coding help us? -- What is the future of coding? |
Summary |
Without coding, all the computers in the world would just be useless boxes of plastic and metal. You could feed information into them, but they wouldnt know what to do with it. Coding means creating a set of instructions (or algorithms) that tells a computer how to perform a task. Another word for coding is programming. Learn about how much we rely on coding in our daily lives to control things such as smartphones and laptops, kitchen appliances, weather forecasts, traffic lights, heating systems, elevators, cars, and the greenhouses where our food is grown. |
Target audience note |
8-12 years. |
Subjects |
Computer programming -- Juvenile literature |
Other Names |
Antram, David, 1958- illustrator. |
Series |
You wouldn't want to live without |
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