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Discovering Computers 2010: Living in a Digital World, Complete, 1st Edition

Discovering Computers 2010: Living in a Digital World, Complete, 1st Edition

Gary B. Shelly - Shelly Cashman Institute

Misty E. Vermaat - Purdue University Calumet

ISBN-10: 032478645X  ISBN-13: 9780324786453

912 Pages   Paperbound

© 2010     Published

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Computers.
Special Feature: Timeline 2010.
2. The Internet and World Wide Web.
Special Feature: Making Use of the Web.
3. Application Software.
Special Feature: Digital Communications
4. The Components of the System Unit.
5. Input.
6. Output.
Special Feature: Digital Video Technology.
7. Storage.
8. Operating Systems and Utility Programs.
Special Feature: Buyer's Guide 2010.
9. Communications and Networks.
10. Database Management.
11. Computer Security and Safety, Ethics, and Privacy.
Special Feature: Digital Forensics.
12. Information System Development.
13. Programming Languages and Program Development.
Special Feature: Web 2.0 Program Development.
14. Enterprise Computing.
Special Feature: Enterprise Order Processing: A Case Study.
15. Computer Careers and Certification.
Special Feature: Living Digitally.
Appendices.
A: Quiz Yourself Answers.
B: Computer Acronyms.
C: Coding Schemes and Number Systems.