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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Computers
Special Feature: Timeline 2009
2. The Internet and World Wide Web
Special Feature: Making Use of the Web
3. Application Software
4. The Components of the System Unit
5. Input
Special Feature: Digital Communications
6. Output
Special Feature: Digital Imaging and Video Technology
7. Storage
8. Operating Systems and Utility Programs
Special Feature: Buyer's Guide 2009
9. Communications and Networks
10. Database Management
11. Computer Security, Ethics, and Privacy
Special Feature: Computer Forensics
12. Information System Development
13. Programming Languages and Program Development
14. Enterprise Computing
Special Feature: Enterprise Order Processing: A Case Study
15. Computer Careers and Certification
Special Feature: Digital Entertainment

Appendices
A: Coding Schemes and Number Systems
B: Quiz Yourself Answers
C: Computer Acronyms