Computers and the information society / James Radlow

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw Hill Education, c1986Description: xxii, 441 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 70039011
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA 76.5 .R33 1986
Contents:
1. Computer Age -- 2. How Computers Store and Handle Information - Numbers, Words, and Symbols -- 3. How Computers Got to Be What They Are and Where They Are Going -- 4. How the Different Parts of a Computer Work Together -- 5. Taking Charge of the Computer -- 6. Artificial Intelligence -- 7. Robots and Automation -- 8. Databases and the Spread of Personal Information -- 9. Writing a Program to Make Text Revision Easy -- 10. Word and Text Processing -- 11. Computer Networks and the Information Literacy -- 12. Computer Graphics -- 13. Simulation -- 14. the Computer Age: Problems and Promises.
Summary: This book is designed for the introductory course about computers, their applications, and their societal impact. Like the course, it is intended for liberal arts, social science, business, and other students in the general college and audience.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room Computer Science GC QA 76.5 .R33 1986 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000002402

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Computer Age -- 2. How Computers Store and Handle Information - Numbers, Words, and Symbols -- 3. How Computers Got to Be What They Are and Where They Are Going -- 4. How the Different Parts of a Computer Work Together -- 5. Taking Charge of the Computer -- 6. Artificial Intelligence -- 7. Robots and Automation -- 8. Databases and the Spread of Personal Information -- 9. Writing a Program to Make Text Revision Easy -- 10. Word and Text Processing -- 11. Computer Networks and the Information Literacy -- 12. Computer Graphics -- 13. Simulation -- 14. the Computer Age: Problems and Promises.

This book is designed for the introductory course about computers, their applications, and their societal impact. Like the course, it is intended for liberal arts, social science, business, and other students in the general college and audience.

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