Software studies : a lexicon / edited by Matthew Fuller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuller, Matthew.

Series:

Leonardo books.

Leonardo books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer software.

Computers and civilization--Encyclopedias.

Computers and civilization.

Programming languages (Electronic computers)--Lexicography.

Programming languages (Electronic computers).

Technology and the arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of short expository, critical and speculative texts offers a field guide to the cultural, political, social and aesthetic impact of software. Experts from a range of disciplines each take a key topic in software and the understanding of software, such as algorithms and logical structures.

Contents:

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Algorithm; Analog; Button; Class Library; Code; Codecs; Computing Power; Concurrent Versions System; Copy; Data Visualization; Elegance; Ethnocomputing; Function; Glitch; Import / Export; Information; Intelligence; Interaction; Interface; Internationalization; Interrupt; Language; Lists; Loop; Memory; Obfuscated Code; Object Orientation; Perl; Pixel; Preferences; Programmability; Sonic Algorithm; Source Code; System Event Sounds; Text Virus; Timeline (sonic); Variable; Weird Languages; Bibliography; About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-311) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-10020-3

9786612100208

0-262-27334-9

1-4356-4787-4

OCLC:

232299603

Publisher Number:

9786612100208