Title:
Discovering computers 2008 : introductory
Author:
Shelly, Gary B.
ISBN:
9781423912040
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Thomson/Course Technology, ©2008.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 616, 13, 50 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Series:
Shelly Cashman series
Shelly Cashman series.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction to computers -- The Internet and World Wide Web -- Application software -- The components of the system unit -- Input -- Output -- Storage -- Operating systems and utility programs -- Communications and networks -- Database management -- Computer security, ethics and privacy -- Appendices.
Abstract:
Presents eleven chapters and six special features that cover basic through intermediate computer concepts, with an emphasis on the personal computer and its practical use, including hardware, software, application and system software, the Internet and World Wide Web, communications, e-commerce, and computers in society.