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Computer Confluence : Exploring Tomorrow's Technology

ISBN: 9780130882370 | 0130882372
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 12/1/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
This book integrates technology throughout in order to familiarize anyone new to technology. It goes beyond computer concepts and explores the promises and problems of information technology, how it affects people and society, and the future.

Computer Confluence is more than a textbook! It is the confluence of three information sources: an illustrated textbook, a multimedia CD-ROM, and an up-to-the-minute website. It goes beyond computer concepts and explores the promises and problems of information technology, ho... MORE
Prefacexx
Part One APPROACHING COMPUTERS1(118)
Hardware and Software Fundamentals
Computer Currents: From Calculation to Communication
... MORE2(28)
Hardware Basics: Inside the Box
30(22)
Hardware Basics: Peripherals
52(30)
Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine
82(37)
Part Two USING COMPUTERS119(118)
Essential Applications
Working with Words: Word Processing and Digital Publishing
120(30)
Calculation, Visualization, and Simulation
150(24)
Graphics, Hypermedia, and Multimedia
174(34)
Database Applications and Implications
208(29)
Part Three EXPLORING WITH COMPUTERS237(64)
Networks and Gateways
Networking and Telecommunication
238(24)
From Internet to Information Infrastructure
262(39)
Part Four MASTERING COMPUTERS301(90)
Issues, Algorithms, and Intelligence
Computer Security and Risks
302(30)
Systems Design and Development
332(32)
Is Artificial Intelligence Real?
364(27)
Part Five LIVING WITH COMPUTERS391(74)
Information Age Implications
Computers at Work
392(26)
Computers at School and Home
418(26)
Inventing the Future
444(21)
The Concise Computer Consumer's Guide465(8)
Appendix: Correlation Guide to the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct473(6)
Glossary479(14)
Credits493(4)
Index497

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