TY - GEN AU - Kernighan, Brian W. TI - Understanding the digital world: what you need to know about computers, the internet, privacy, and security SN - 9781400884803 U1 - 004 PY - 2017/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Computer science KW - Computers KW - Computers--Social aspects KW - Computer networks--Security measures N2 - Based on the author's Princeton course 'Computers In Our Word', this book is intended as a compact but detailed and thorough explanation of how computers and communications systems work, for non-technical readers. It explains how today's computing and communications world operates, from hardware through software to the Internet and the web, also addressing the social, political and legal issues that new technology creates ER -