Mandell, Steven L. <br/><br/>
Computers and information processing :  concepts and applications with BASIC / 
Steven L. Mandell 
 - Fourth Edition 
 - New York :  West Publishing Company,  c1987 
 - xviii, 583 pages :  color illustrations ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to information processing -- The evolution of computers -- Introduction to information systems -- Hardware -- Input and output -- Storage devices -- File organization and data base design -- Microcomputers -- Telecommunications and distributed computing -- System software -- Software development -- Programming languages -- Application software -- System analysis and design -- Management information systems and decision support systems -- The impact of computers on people and organizations -- Computer security, crime, ethics, and the law -- Computers in our lives: today and tomorrow. 
<br/><br/> The revision work associated with the fourth edition of this text has been even more productive and enjoyable than the efforts involved with the three earlier editions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>314321519 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 76 .M36 1987