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For introductory courses in computer concepts or computer literacy often including instruction in Microsoft Office.

Integrates three information sources-an illustrated textbook, a multimedia CD, and a Companion Website-with a lively writing style to explore the promises and challenges of information technology, its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future.

Innehållsförteckning levererad av Syndetics

• Basics
• I Approaching Computers
• Chapter 1 Computer Currents and Internet Waves: The Long View
• Chapter 2 Hardware Basics: Inside the Box
• Chapter 3 Hardware Basics: Peripherals
• Chapter 4 Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine
• II Using Software
• Chapter 5 Basic Productivity Applications
• Chapter 6 Graphics, Digital Media, and Multimedia
• Chapter 7 Database Applications and Implications
• III Exploring with Computers: Networking and the Internet
• Chapter 8 Networking and Telecommunication
• Chapter 9 Inside the Internet and the World Wide Web
• IV Living With Computers: Issues And Implications
• Chapter 10 Computer Security and Risks
• Chapter 11 Computers at Work, School, and Home
• V Managing Computers: Information Systems at Work
• Chapter 12 Information Systems in Business
• Chapter 13 Electronic Commerce and E-Business
• VI Mastering Computers
• Chapter 14 Is Artificial Intelligence Real?
• Appendix: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
• Glossary
• Credits
• Index