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050 _aQA 76 .B55 1990
100 _aBlissmer, Robert
_eauthor
245 0 _aIntroducing computers concepts, systems, and applications /
_cRobert H. Blissmer
250 _a1990-1991 edition.
260 _aNew York :
_bWiley,
_cc1990
300 _axv, 439 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aOVERVIEW. Getting Started. Personal Computer Applications. Computers, Society, and Ethics. HARDWARE. Input. Output. Processors and Memories. Mass Storage. Communications. INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Management Information Systems. Database Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems. DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS. Systems Analysis. Software Development. Hardware Development. Appendixes.
520 _aThis introductory textbook for undergraduate students of computing and management information systems features coverage of recent technological advances in hardware and software, including robotics, lap-top computer displays, personal information managers and the client/server model. Without sacrificing coverage of such important fundamental concepts as history, ethics, information systems and systems analysis, this introductory textbook features detailed coverage of recent technological advances in hardware - image scanners, laptop computer displays, reduced instruction set computers, fascimile machines, robotics and factory automation, CIM, the Intel 80486 and Motorola 68040 microprocessors. Various types of software are also described: OS/2 and other operating systems, personal information managers, HyperCard, SQL, QBE, the client/server model and distributed databases.
650 _aCOMPUTERS
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