Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, 2002 Edition,9780030334368

Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, 2002 Edition

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Edition: 9th
ISBN13: 9780030334368
ISBN10: 0030334365
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-14
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning Ptr
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Summary

Offers a comprehensive and current approach to computer concepts with a dynamic new web presence. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Preface
MODULE Introduction
1(80)
Introduction to the World of Computers
3(34)
Using Your PC, Windows, and the Web
37(44)
MODULE Hardware
81(128)
The System Unit: Processing and Memory
83(46)
Storage
129(38)
Input and Output
167(42)
MODULE Software
209(86)
Systems Software
211(40)
Application Software
251(44)
MODULE Networks
295(98)
Communications and Networks
298(47)
The Internet and World Wide Web
345(48)
MODULE Internet Applications
393(82)
Multimedia and the Web
395(42)
E-Business and E-Commerce
437(38)
MODULE Systems
475(128)
Information Systems and Systems Development
477(40)
Program Development and Programming Languages
517(48)
Databases and Database Management Systems
565(38)
MODULE Computers In Our Lives
603
Ethics, Computer Crime, Privacy, and Other Social Issues
605
You and Your PC
643
Appendix A-1
Quiz Answers Q-1
Credits C-1
Glossary G-1
Index I-1

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