Using information technology : a practical introduction to computers & communications. Brief version / Brian K. Williams, Stacey C. Sawyer and Sarah E. Hutchinson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Massachusetts : Irwin Inc., c1999Edition: Third editionDescription: xxx, 610 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 256261474
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA 76.5 .S29 1999
Contents:
The digital age: an overview of the revolution in computers & communication -- Applications software: tools for thinking & working -- System software: the power behind the power -- Processors: hardware for power & portability -- Input & output: taking charge of computing & communications -- Storage: foundations for interactivity, multimedia, & knowledge -- Telecommunications: the uses of online resources & the internet -- Communications technology: hardware, channels, & networks -- Files & databases: from data organizing to data mining -- Information systems: information management & systems development -- Software development: programming & languages -- Society & the digital age: promises & challenges.
Summary: The third edition of this text retains its comprehensive coverage, while decreasing the length, adding a separate Internet chapter, refining the hands-on Internet exercises, and implementing a coherent Web strategy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-601) and index.

The digital age: an overview of the revolution in computers & communication -- Applications software: tools for thinking & working -- System software: the power behind the power -- Processors: hardware for power & portability -- Input & output: taking charge of computing & communications -- Storage: foundations for interactivity, multimedia, & knowledge -- Telecommunications: the uses of online resources & the internet -- Communications technology: hardware, channels, & networks -- Files & databases: from data organizing to data mining -- Information systems: information management & systems development -- Software development: programming & languages -- Society & the digital age: promises & challenges.

The third edition of this text retains its comprehensive coverage, while decreasing the length, adding a separate Internet chapter, refining the hands-on Internet exercises, and implementing a coherent Web strategy.

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