TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blissmer, Robert
TI  - Introducing computers concepts, systems, and applications
SN  - 471510092
AV  - QA 76 .B55 1990  
PY  - 1990///
CY  - New York
PB  - Wiley
KW  - COMPUTERS
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; OVERVIEW. Getting Started. Personal Computer Applications. Computers, Society, and Ethics. HARDWARE. Input. Output. Processors and Memories. Mass Storage. Communications. INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Management Information Systems. Database Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems. DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS. Systems Analysis. Software Development. Hardware Development. Appendixes
N2  - This introductory textbook for undergraduate students of computing and management information systems features coverage of recent technological advances in hardware and software, including robotics, lap-top computer displays, personal information managers and the client/server model.    Without sacrificing coverage of such important fundamental concepts as history, ethics, information systems and systems analysis, this introductory textbook features detailed coverage of recent technological advances in hardware - image scanners, laptop computer displays, reduced instruction set computers, fascimile machines, robotics and factory automation, CIM, the Intel 80486 and Motorola 68040 microprocessors. Various types of software are also described: OS/2 and other operating systems, personal information managers, HyperCard, SQL, QBE, the client/server model and distributed databases
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