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Computing essentials : making IT work for you (Introductory 2021) / Daniel A. O'Leary, Timothy J. O'Leary, and Linda I. O'Leary

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : McGraw Hill Education, c2021Description: xxv, 390 pages ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781260570755
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA 76.5 .O44 2021
Contents:
1. Information technology, the Internet, and you -- 2. The Internet, the Web, and electronic commerce -- 3. Application software -- 4. System software -- 5. The system unit -- 6. Input and output -- 7. Secondary storage -- 8. Communications and networks -- 9. Privacy, security, and ethics -- 10. Information systems -- 11. Databases -- 12. Systems analysis and design -- 13. Programming and languages.
Summary: The rate of change in the digital information age is clearly increasing, and computer literacy is becoming a prerequisite. The goal of the 28th edition of Computing Essentials is to provide students with an introductory understanding of the concepts necessary for success and to install an appreciation for the effect of information technology on people, privacy, ethics, and our environment. Today's students put much effort toward the things that are relevant to them, yet it is sometimes difficult to engage them in other equally important topics like personal privacy and technological advances.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Main General Circulation Gen. Ed. - CCIT GC QA 76.5 .O44 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000018802

Includes index.

1. Information technology, the Internet, and you -- 2. The Internet, the Web, and electronic commerce -- 3. Application software -- 4. System software -- 5. The system unit -- 6. Input and output -- 7. Secondary storage -- 8. Communications and networks -- 9. Privacy, security, and ethics -- 10. Information systems -- 11. Databases -- 12. Systems analysis and design -- 13. Programming and languages.

The rate of change in the digital information age is clearly increasing, and computer literacy is becoming a prerequisite. The goal of the 28th edition of Computing Essentials is to provide students with an introductory understanding of the concepts necessary for success and to install an appreciation for the effect of information technology on people, privacy, ethics, and our environment. Today's students put much effort toward the things that are relevant to them, yet it is sometimes difficult to engage them in other equally important topics like personal privacy and technological advances.

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