Hi tech world
Subtitle: code breakers
By: Ben Hubbard.
Series: Crabtree contact; Crabtree contact
Publisher: Crabtree Pub. Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780778775287; 9780778775508
Subjects: Computer security -- Juvenile literature; Computer hackers -- Juvenile literature; Data encryption (Computer science) -- Juvenile literature; Computer security; Computer hackers; Data encryption (Computer science)
Genres: Juvenile literature
Other titles: Code breakers
Description: From the war-time success of deciphering the German Enigma machine right up to modern-day computer hackers, the exciting history of code-breaking is explored.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: Nature's code; title: Code makers and breakers; title: The lost code; title: The caesar shift; title: Navajo talkers; title: Enigma; title: Alan Turing; title: Computer codes; title: Computer hackers; title: Gary Mckinnon; title: CAPTCHA; title: Quantum computers; title: Need to know words; title: Did you know?/Find out more online.