How software works /

White, Ron

How software works / Ron White ; illustrated by Pamela Drury Wattenmaker. - Emeryville, California : Ziff-Davis Press, c1993 - xi, 198 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Part 1. How Hardware and Software Work Together -- Part 2. How Programming Languages Work -- Part 3. How Databases Work -- Part 4. How Spreadsheet Software Works -- Part 5. How Word Processors Work -- Part 6. How Graphics Software Works -- Part 7. How Communications Software Works -- Part 8. How Windows Works.

A guide to the functions and operation of computer software explains how software and hardware work together, discussing operating systems, programming languages, and database, spreadsheet, word processing, graphics, communications, Windows, and utility software products. Original.

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COMPUTER SOFTWARE

QA 76.754 .W45 1993