computer science

De Agostini

De Agostini is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand De Agostini rather than just read about it. In short: De Agostini S.p.A. is an Italian holding company that coordinates the strategic operating companies De Agostini Editore, De Agostini Communications, IGT, and DeA Capital, and makes financial investments, among which the main investment is a minority stake in Assicurazioni Generali. It is active worldwide in four sectors: publishing, media and communication, games and services, and finance.

Key takeaways

De Agostini belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect De Agostini to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of De Agostini from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

De Agostini S.p.A. is an Italian holding company that coordinates the strategic operating companies De Agostini Editore, De Agostini Communications, IGT, and DeA Capital, and makes financial investments, among which the main investment is a minority stake in Assicurazioni Generali. It is active worldwide in four sectors: publishing, media and communication, games and services, and finance. It was founded in 1901 by geographer Giovanni De Agostini in Rome, and later moved to Novara.

Overview De Agostini Editore S.p.A. is a publishing subsidiary, active in 30 countries with publications in 13 languages. It includes De Agostini Publishing, DeA Planeta Libri, De Agostini Scuola and Digital De Agostini, and Spanish publisher Planeta DeAgostini, a joint venture with Grupo Planeta. De Agostini Communications is a media and communication subsidiary involving content production, broadcasting and content distribution for television, new media and cinema. DeAgostini owns a 4.8% stake in the Banijay Group, the parent company of Banijay Entertainment. De Agostini is a shareholder of Atresmedia, the Spanish radio and television group, held in partnership with Spanish Planeta Corporation and listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange. It includes Atresmedia Televisión, Atresmedia Radio, Atresmedia Digital, Atresmedia Publicidad and Atresmedia Cine. Geo4Map is a geographic and cartographic publisher. It was created in 2009 by geographic and cartographic employees of De Agostini. In 2015, it acquired the entire cartographic and geographic business branch of De Agostini Editore, and in 2016, it acquired the Libreria Geografica brand.

History The geographer Giovanni De Agostini, brother of the Salesian explorer Alberto Maria de Agostini, founded the De Agostini Geographical Institute in Rome in June 1901 and published a school atlas, that same year the first shop was inaugurated. In 1904, he started the publication of the Atlante de Agostini Calendar, a small volume with geographical news combined with the annual calendar.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with De Agostini

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what De Agostini claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to De Agostini before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about De Agostini ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of De Agostini

In research: De Agostini appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses De Agostini in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: De Agostini is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Disney comics publishers, Italian-language television networks, Italian companies established in 1901, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for De Agostini outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study De Agostini in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what De Agostini means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain De Agostini out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is De Agostini in simple terms?

Why does De Agostini matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study De Agostini?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on De Agostini.