Computers : tools for an information age / H.L. Capron.
By: Capron, H. L
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Using up-to-date, real-world examples, this text seeks to provide readers with confidence in the use of computers. This new edition focuses on the explosive growth of the Internet. The important aspects of the technology are covered, from what is a URL, to linking to search engines.
CD-Rom to accompany book available at desk.
Includes index.
Capron's Internet - location no. 004.67 (BRN 46215) complements this book.
Photo Essay: The Age of Information -- Part 1: An overview of computers -- Computer Hardware: Meeting the Machine -- Computer Software: Productivity and systems software -- Part 2: Hardware tools -- The Central Processing Unit: What goes on inside the computer -- Input and output: The user connection -- Storage and Multimedia: The facts and more -- Part 3: Internet tools -- Networking: Computer Connections -- The Internet: A Resource for all of us -- Security and Privacy: Computers and the internet -- Part 4: Applications Tools -- Word Processing and Desktop Publishing: Printing it -- Spreadsheets and Business Graphics: Facts and Figures -- Database Management Systems: Getting Data together -- Part 5: Software Tools -- Programming and Languages: Telling the computer what to do -- Operating systems: Software in the Background -- Systems Analysis and Design: The Big Picture -- Management Information Systems: Classic Models and New Approaches -- The cutting edge: Expert systems, Robotics and Virtual Reality.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- (NOTE: Brief version contains Chapters 1-8.)
- 1 Computers: Tools for an Information Age
- 2 Applications Software
- Getting the Work Done
- 3 Operating Systems
- Software in the Background
- 4 The Central Processing Unit
- What Goes On Inside the Computer
- 5 Input and Output
- The User Connection
- 6 Storage and Multimedia
- The Facts and More
- 7 Networking
- Computer Connections
- 8 The Internet
- 9 Ethics and Social Issues
- 0 Security and Privacy
- Computers and the Internet
- 1 Word Processing and Desktop Publishing
- Printing It
- 2 Spreadsheets and Business Graphics
- Facts and Figures
- 3 Database Management
- Getting Data Together
- 4 Systems Analysis and Design
- The Big Picture
- 5 Programming and Languages
- Telling the Computer What to Do
- 6 Management Information Systems
- Classical Models and New Approaches
- Appendix: The Continuing Story of the Computer Age
- Past, Present, and Future
- Buyer's Guide
- How to Buy a Personal Computer.