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Thanks to those who put up with our nonsense and those who paid us
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to write a book that is full of it.
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The source code for this book is available at [https://github.com/michaelwisely/CS1001-Prelab-Book](https://github.com/michaelwisely/CS1001-Prelab-Book).
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We welcome questions, corrections, and improvements.
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\textcopyright{} 2017 The Missouri S\&T Department of Computer Science
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All rights reserved.
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\indent This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
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of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 License.
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Zeroth edition: & August 2017
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\chapter*{Introduction}
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\chapter{Introduction}
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The field of Computer Science is an odd amalgamation of math, logic, statistics, philosophy, electrical engineering, psychology, and systems engineering.
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Some of your classes will be hands-on and easily applicable; others will focus on ideas and theory, leaving the application in your hands.
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Keep using the tools we present; practice will improve both how quickly you can accomplish tasks and your understanding of how
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the tools, and by extension computers and software, work.
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A note on the copyright license of this book: copyright laws are typically used to restrict the rights of others to copy, modify, and distribute creative works.
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This book is distributed under what's known as a 'copyleft' license --- rather than restricting your rights, it ensures that you retain these rights.
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The [Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC BY-SA)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) license states that you have the right to copy, modify, and distribute your modifications to this book
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as you please so long as you follow two rules:
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1. You have to credit the authors of the work and indicate if you have made any changes.
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2. You have to distribute your changes under the same license, giving others the same rights to your modifications as you (and they) have to the original work.
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We hope that learning the tools in this book make your life easier and that you have a little fun along the way.
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Happy hacking!
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