TY - BOOK AU - Radlow, James TI - Computers and the information society SN - 70039011 AV - QA 76.5 .R33 1986 PY - 1986/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - COMPUTERS N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -