A spinoff volume derived entirely from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (6th edition, 1987) with articles arranged by chapter within section-not alphabetically. This book is one of the titles in our new Science Reference Series, a series designed to serve the educational and professional needs of individuals who do not have access to the parent 20-volume set. A comprehensive, topical treatment of computer science and data processing-includes artificial intelligence, LANs and WANs, operating systems, programming languages, electronic mail, and supercomputers. The topics are covered in approximately 60 "articles."