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Computer Confluence IT Edition, 5/E
George Beekman, Oregon State University
Eugene Rathswohl, University of San Diego

ISBN-10: 0130661856
ISBN-13:  9780130661852

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2003
Format:  Paper; 640 pp
Published:  05/03/2002
Status: Out of Print


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Computer Confluence combines three information sources—an illustrated textbook, a multimedia CD-ROM, and an up-to-the-minute Companion Website—to explore the promises and challenges of information technology, its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future. Author George Beekman seamlessly integrates his text with an unparalleled media package to provide a valuable learning package. Available in three separate editions for maximun classroom flexibility, Concise, Intro, and Comprehensive.


Features

  • NEW—New introductory chapter, Taking the Plunge.
    • Offers beginning students the opportunity to learn the basics on their own in response to the most commonly reported problems in introductory computer concepts classes.
  • Reliable, traditional information is presented.
    • Offers students “concepts rather than keystrokes” .
  • Coverage of hot topics and updated screens.
    • Keeps students up-to-date with the constantly improving technology.
  • Total text, Web and CD integration.
    • Provides an opening chapter that introduces a graphic to guide students to the resources available in the book, on the student CD, and on the Companion Website for each chapter.
  • Coverage of Web publishing tools and in-depth hardware.
    • Keeps students up-to-date with the constantly changing technology.
  • Crosscurrents boxes are included.
    • Provides students with thought-provoking articles designed to open their minds to the many issues and trends of computers in society.
  • How It Works boxes.
    • Provides students and instructors with optional technical details without interrupting the flow of the text.


Table of Contents

Read Me.
Taking the Plunge.

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. Revolution in Writing: From Word Processing to Paperless 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. Inside the Internet and the Web.
11. From Internet to Information Infrastructure.
12. Computer Security and Risks.

IV. MANAGING COMPUTERS: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT WORK.

13. Systems and Organizations in the Information Age.
14. Information Technology in Management.
15. Electronic Commerce and E-Business.
16. Systems Design and Development.

V. LIVING WITH COMPUTERS: INFORMATION AGE IMPLICATIONS.

17. Computers at Work, School, and Home.
18. Inventing the Future.
The Concise Computer Consumer's Guide.
Appendix: Correlation Guide to the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
Glossary.



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