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Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, Comprehensive, 14th Edition

Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, Comprehensive, 14th Edition

Deborah Morley - College of the Sequoias

Charles S. Parker - University of Colorado

ISBN-10: 1133190243  ISBN-13: 9781133190240

792 Pages   Paperbound

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the World of Computers.
2. The System Unit: Processing and Memory.
3. Storage.
4. Input and Output.
5. System Software: Operating Systems and Utility Programs.
6. Application Software.
7. Computer Networks.
8. The Internet and the World Wide Web.
9. Network and Internet Security.
10. Multimedia and the Web.
11. E-Commerce.
12. Information Systems and System Development.
13. Program Development and Programming Languages.
14. Databases and database Management Systems.
15. Computer Security and Privacy.
16. Intellectual Property Rights, Ethics, Health, Access, and the Environment
References and Resources Guide.
Glossary/Index.