Understanding computers : today and tomorrow comprehensive /
Morley, Deborah.
Understanding computers : today and tomorrow comprehensive / Deborah Morley and Charles S. Parker. - Twelfth edition - Boston, Massachusetts : Course Technology Cengage Learning, c2009 - xxiii, 719, 49 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes index.
MODULE: INTRODUCTION -- Ch.1 Introduction to the world of computers -- MODULE: Hardware: Ch. 2 The system unit: processing and memory; Ch. 3 Storage; Ch. 4 Input and output -- MODULE Software: Ch. 5. Systems software: Operating systems and utility programs -- Ch. 6 Application software -- MODULE Networks and the Internet; Ch. 7 Computer networks: Ch. 8 The Internet and World Wide Web; Ch. 9 Network and Internet security -- MODULE Business on the Web; Ch. 10 Multimedia and the Web pages; Ch. 11 E-Commerce -- MODULE Systems; Ch. 12 Information systems and system development; Ch. 13 Program development and programming languages; Ch. 14 Databases and database management systems -- MODULE Computers and society; Ch. 15 Computers security and privacy; Ch. 16 Intellectual properly rights, ethics, health, access and the environment -- References and resources guide -- Credit -- Glossary/Index.
This new edition of this text has been integrated with a revised and multimedia-enhanced companion web site, providing an interactive learning environment.
9781603340120
COMPUTERS
QA 76.5 .M675 2009
Understanding computers : today and tomorrow comprehensive / Deborah Morley and Charles S. Parker. - Twelfth edition - Boston, Massachusetts : Course Technology Cengage Learning, c2009 - xxiii, 719, 49 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes index.
MODULE: INTRODUCTION -- Ch.1 Introduction to the world of computers -- MODULE: Hardware: Ch. 2 The system unit: processing and memory; Ch. 3 Storage; Ch. 4 Input and output -- MODULE Software: Ch. 5. Systems software: Operating systems and utility programs -- Ch. 6 Application software -- MODULE Networks and the Internet; Ch. 7 Computer networks: Ch. 8 The Internet and World Wide Web; Ch. 9 Network and Internet security -- MODULE Business on the Web; Ch. 10 Multimedia and the Web pages; Ch. 11 E-Commerce -- MODULE Systems; Ch. 12 Information systems and system development; Ch. 13 Program development and programming languages; Ch. 14 Databases and database management systems -- MODULE Computers and society; Ch. 15 Computers security and privacy; Ch. 16 Intellectual properly rights, ethics, health, access and the environment -- References and resources guide -- Credit -- Glossary/Index.
This new edition of this text has been integrated with a revised and multimedia-enhanced companion web site, providing an interactive learning environment.
9781603340120
COMPUTERS
QA 76.5 .M675 2009