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050 _aQA 76.5 .R33 1986
100 _aRadlow, James
_eauthor
245 0 _aComputers and the information society /
_cJames Radlow
260 _aNew York :
_bMcGraw Hill Education,
_cc1986
300 _axxii, 441 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _a1. Computer Age -- 2. How Computers Store and Handle Information - Numbers, Words, and Symbols -- 3. How Computers Got to Be What They Are and Where They Are Going -- 4. How the Different Parts of a Computer Work Together -- 5. Taking Charge of the Computer -- 6. Artificial Intelligence -- 7. Robots and Automation -- 8. Databases and the Spread of Personal Information -- 9. Writing a Program to Make Text Revision Easy -- 10. Word and Text Processing -- 11. Computer Networks and the Information Literacy -- 12. Computer Graphics -- 13. Simulation -- 14. the Computer Age: Problems and Promises.
520 _aThis book is designed for the introductory course about computers, their applications, and their societal impact. Like the course, it is intended for liberal arts, social science, business, and other students in the general college and audience.
650 _aCOMPUTERS
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