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Computer Confluence: Exploring Tomorrow's Technology (With CD-ROM)

ISBN: 9780130661883 | 0130661880
Edition: 5th
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 1/1/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
Available in three separate editions for maximum classroom flexibility, Computer Confluence combines three information sourcesan illustrated textbook, a multimedia CD-ROM, and an up-to-the-minute Companion Websiteto explore the promises and challenges of information technology, its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future. Author George Beekman seamlessly integrates his text with an unparalleled media package to provide a valuable learning package.

Integrated learning package taking advantage of three ... MORE
Prefacexviii
ReadMe
2(24)
Part 1 Approaching Computers
Hardware and Software Fundamentals
25(1)... MORE
Computer Currents: From Calculation to Connection
26(24)
Hardware Basics: Inside the Box
50(20)
Hardware Basics: Peripherals
70(30)
Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine
100(30)
Part 2 Using Computers
Essential Applications
129(1)
Revolution in Writing: From Word Processing to Paperless Publishing
130(26)
Calculation, Visualization, and Simulation
156(22)
Graphics, Hypermedia, and Multimedia
178(32)
Database Applications and Implications
210(32)
Part 3 Exploring with Computers
Networks and Gateways
241(1)
Networking and Telecommunication
242(22)
Inside the Internet and the Web
264(24)
From Internet to Information Infrastructure
288(22)
Part 4 Mastering Computers
Issues, Algorithms, and Intelligence
309(1)
Computer Security and Risks
310(28)
Systems Design and Development
338(30)
Is Artificial Intelligence Real?
368(26)
Part 5 Living with Computers
Information Age Implications
393(1)
Computers at Work
394(22)
Computers at School and Home
416(20)
Inventing the Future
436(29)
The Concise Computer Consumer's Guide
457(8)
Appendix: Correlation Guide to the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct465(6)
Glossary471(20)
Credits491(4)
Index495

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