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Computers: Tools for an Information Age, 8/E
H. L. Capron
Cindy Johnson

ISBN-10: 0131405640
ISBN-13:  9780131405646

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2004
Format:  Paper; 624 pp
Published:  05/19/2003
Status: Out of Print


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For introductory courses in concepts courses, including those in Business and Information Technology.

This direct, complete text with easy-to-use style teaches the latest in computers and information technology. 


Features

  • NEW - New chapter on ethics and social issues. New chapter on Security and Privacy: Computers and the Internet.

    • Gives students more emphasis on these emerging trends.

  • NEW - “Day in the Life” segments—Cover the professional working area of Information Technology related to the concepts in each chapter.

    • Provides students considering careers in Information Technology with useful information.

  • Planet Internet—Includes challenging Internet exercises.

    • Provides students with the opportunity to learn more about using the Internet, exploring pertinent computing material.

  • Operating Systems—Includes coverage of Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, and XP, Windows CE, Mac OS, Unix, and Linux.

    • Gives students broad information about the building blocks of computers.

  • Database Management Systems—Includes such topics as the hierarchy of data, data integrity, the functions of database management systems, and data warehouses.

    • Gives students the tools they need to successfully steer through the courses they will encounter.


New To This Edition

  • New chapter on ethics and social issues. New chapter on Security and Privacy: Computers and the Internet.

    • Gives students more emphasis on these emerging trends.

  • “Day in the Life” segments—Cover the professional working area of Information Technology related to the concepts in each chapter.

    • Provides students considering careers in Information Technology with useful information.


Table of Contents

(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.


10. Security and Privacy: Computers and the Internet.


11. Word Processing and Desktop Publishing: Printing It.


12. Spreadsheets and Business Graphics: Facts and Figures.


13. Database Management: Getting Data Together.


14. Systems Analysis and Design: The Big Picture.


15. Programming and Languages: Telling the Computer What to Do.


16. 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.



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