Computer Confluence
Pearson
978-0-13-032279-1 (ISBN)
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For introductory courses in computer concepts or computer literacy often including instruction in Microsoft Office.
Integrates three information sources–an illustrated textbook, a multimedia CD, and a Companion Website–with a lively writing style to explore the promises and challenges of information technology, its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future.
I. APPROACHING COMPUTERS: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FUNDAMENTALS.
1. Computer Currents: From Calculation to Communication.
2. Hardware Basics: Inside the Box.
3. Hardware Basics: Peripherals.
4. Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine.
II. USING COMPUTERS: ESSENTIAL APPLICATIONS.
5. Working with Words: Word Processing and Digital Publishing.
6. Calculation, Visualization, and Simulation.
7. Graphics, Hypermedia, and Multimedia.
8. Database Applications and Implications.
III. EXPLORING WITH COMPUTERS: NETWORKS AND GATEWAYS.
9. Networking and Telecommunication.
10. From Internet to Information Infrastructure.
IV. MASTERING COMPUTERS: ISSUES, ALGORITHMS, AND INTELLIGENCE.
11. Computer Security and Risks.
12. Systems Design and Development.
13. Is Artificial Intelligence Real?
V. LIVING WITH COMPUTERS: INFORMATION AGE IMPLICATIONS.
14. Computers at Work.
15. Computers at School and Home.
16. Inventing the Future.
The Concise Computer Consumer's Guide.
Appendix: Correlation Guide to the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
Glossary.
Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.9.2000 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1172 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-13-032279-2 / 0130322792 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-13-032279-1 / 9780130322791 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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