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Computers

by: Long, Larry

Computers

by: Long, Larry

ISBN 13:
9780130962539
ISBN 10:
0130962538
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/01/1998
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
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Accompanied by a Website (www.prenhall.com/long). Designed to meet the computer literacy needs of students from many disciplines or majors. Hundreds of applications are included from on-line universities to telemedicine to robotics to pique the students' interests. Part of the Right PHit Custom Binding Program.

Preface to the Student

xvii

Preface to the Instructor

xix

Core Module

The World of Computers

(40)

The Information Society

(4)

R for Cyberphobia: Computer Competency

(2)

The Computer Revolution

(1)

Looking Back a Few Years

(1)

Data: Foundation for the Information Society

(1)

This Course: Your Ticket to the Computer Adventure

(1)

Networking: Bringing People Together

(3)

The Global Village

(2)

The Internet and Information Services: Going Online

(1)

Computers: The Essentials

(2)

Conversational Computerse: Basic Terms and Definitions

(1)

Computer Systems: Commuters to Wide-Bodies

(1)

Personal Computers To Supercomputers: Capabilities and Uses

(9)

Personal Computers

(5)

Workstations: The Hot Rods of Computing

(1)

Mainframe Computers: Corporate Workhorses

(2)

Supercomputers: Processing Giants

(1)

A Computer System at Work

(3)

Processing Payroll: Payday

(1)

What Can a Computer Do?

(2)

The Computer's Strengths

(1)

How Do We Use Computers?

(18)

Information Systems

(1)

Personal Computing

(3)

Communication

(1)

Science, Research, and Engineering

(1)

Education and Reference

(1)

Entertainment and Edutainment

(5)

Focus on IT The History of Computing: An Overview

(8)

Inside the Computer

(30)

Data Storage: A Bit About the Bit

(2)

Going Digital

(1)

Binary Digits: On-Bits and Off-Bits

(1)

Data in a Computer

(1)

Encoding Systems: Bits and Bytes

(2)

ASCII and ANSI

(1)

Unicode: 65,536 Possibilities

(1)

Analyzing a Computer System, Bit by Bit

(5)

RAM: Random-Access Storage

(2)

The Processor: Nerve Center

(1)

Buses: The Processor's Mass Transit System

(1)

Making the Processor Work

(1)

Processor Design: There Is a Choice

(1)

Describing the Processor: Distinguishing Characteristics

(5)

Word Size: 16-, 32-, and 64-Lane Bitways

(1)

Processor Speed: Warp Speed

(1)

RAM Capacity: Megachips

(3)

Differences in Processor Personality

(1)

Inside the PC

(15)

The Microprocessor: Computer on a Chip

(1)

The System Board: The Mother of All Boards

(2)

Connecting Peripheral Devices: Putting It Together

(1)

PC Growth: Adding Capabilities

(2)

Why It's Important to Know What's Inside Your PC

(4)

Focus on IT The Computer on a Chip

(6)

Software: Telling Computers What to Do

(30)

Software in Perspective

(1)

System Software: Maintaining Control

(2)

The House of Software

(1)

System Software in Perspective: Behind the Scenes

(2)

The Operating System: Directing the Action

(3)

Operating System Objectives and Orientation

(1)

Living on a Budget: Allocating Computer Resources

(2)

The Graphical User Interface: Goodie ``Gooie''

(1)

Programming Languages: Computertalk

(5)

Computer Programs: The Power of Logic

(1)

Types of Programming Languages

(3)

Programming and You

(1)

Platforms: Homes for Software

(4)

PC Platforms

(2)

Platform Problems: Interoperability and Cross-Platform Technologies

(1)

Interacting with the PC and Its Software

(14)

Computer Operation: Getting Started

(3)

Entering Commands and Data: Computers Can Be Very Picky

(1)

Input and Control: Keyboards and Point-and-Draw Devices

(3)

Menus and Button Bars

(7)

Storing and Retrieving Information: Disks and Tape Backup Units

101

(28)

Secondary Storage and Files: Data Keepers

102

(3)

Storage Technologies: Disk and Tape

103

(1)

The Many Faces of Files

103

(2)

Sequential and Random Access: New Terms for Old Concepts

105

(1)

Magnetic Disks: Round and Round

106

(7)

Hardware and Storage Media

106

(1)

Magnetic Disks: The Microcomputer Environment

107

(4)

Magnetic Disks: The Mainframe Environment

111

(1)

Computer Viruses: The Plague of Magnetic Disks

111

(2)

Magnetic Tape: Ribbons of Data

113

(1)

Magnetic Tape and PCs

113

(1)

Principles of Operation

114

(1)

Backup: Better Safe than Sorry

114

(3)

Backup to Magnetic Tape

115

(1)

Backup to Interchangeable Disks

116

(1)

Optical Laser Disks: High-Density Storage

117

(6)

CD-ROM and DVD: Moby Dick, Mozart, and Cinemania

117

(5)

WORM Disks

122

(1)

Rewritable Optical Disks

122

(1)

Let's Compare: Space and $

123

(1)

Storage Forecast: Is There a Disk in Your Future?

123

(6)

Input/Output: Computers in Action

129

(28)

I/O Devices: Let's Interface

130

(1)

Traditional Input Devices: Key, Point, and Draw

131

(1)

The Keyboard

131

(1)

Point-and-Draw Devices

132

(1)

Source-Data Automation: Getting Closer to the Action

132

(9)

Scanners: Making Hard Copy Soft

133

(3)

Magnetic Stripes and Smart Cards: Just Say Charge It

136

(1)

Speech Recognition: Getting on Speaking Terms with Computers

136

(3)

Vision-Input Systems: Computer Eyes

139

(1)

Digital Cameras: Look, No Film

140

(1)

Hand-held Data Entry Devices

140

(1)

Output Devices: Computers Communicate with Us

141

(9)

Monitors and Graphics Adapters

141

(1)

Printers: Lots of Choices

142

(5)

Plotters: Precision Instruments

147

(1)

Presentation Graphics: Be Persuasive

147

(3)

Voice-Response Systems: Say It with Bits

150

(1)

Terminals: Input and Output

150

(7)

The Tube and the Telephone

151

(1)

Special-Function Terminals: ATMs and POSs

152

(5)

Networks and Networking: Linking the World

157

(32)

Our Weird, Wild, Wired World

158

(4)

Digital Convergence: Coming Together as Bits and Bytes

158

(1)

Connectivity: Getting to the Information

159

(3)

Data Communications Hardware: Making It Happen

162

(3)

The Modem: Digital to Analog to Digital

162

(2)

Special-Function Processors: Help along the Line

164

(1)

Routers: Bridging the Gap

164

(1)

The Data Communications Channel: Data Highways

165

(6)

Transmission Media: Wires and Wireless

165

(4)

Common Carriers: Anything but Common

169

(1)

Data Transmission in Practice

170

(1)

Networks: Connecting Nodes

171

(5)

Network Topologies: Star, Ring, and Bus

171

(1)

Computer Systems Working Together: Client/Server Computing

172

(3)

Networks Line Control: Rules for Data Transmission

175

(1)

Local Area Networks: Local Nets

176

(13)

WANs, LANs, and TANs

176

(1)

LAN Hardware

177

(5)

LAN Software

182

(7)

Going Online: The Net, Information Services, and More

189

(36)

The Online World

190

(1)

Information Services: America Online, CompuServe, and Many More

191

(1)

The Internet: A Worldwide Web of Computers and Information

191

(34)

What Is the Internet?

191

(7)

From ARPANET to the Internet: Some Historical Perspective

198

(1)

Who Governs the Internet?

198

(1)

Making the Internet Connection

199

(2)

Retrieving and Viewing Information

201

(1)

Uniform Resource Locator: The Internet Address

202

(1)

Internet Resources and Applications

203

(12)

The Intranet: A Closed Internet

215

(1)

Internet Issues

215

(1)

Cruising the Net

216

(9)

Appendix: The Windows Environment

225

Concepts and Terminology

226

(11)

What Is Windows?

226

(1)

Understanding Window 98: Help

226

(1)

Non-Windows versus Windows Applications

227

(1)

Differences Between Windows 95 and Windows 98

228

(1)

The Desktop

229

(8)

Sharing Information Among Applications?

237

(2)

The Cliboard: The Information Way Station

237

(1)

Object Linking and Embedding: OLE

237

(2)

A Thousand Look-Alikes

239

(1)

Migrating to Windows 98

239

Personal Computing Module

Communicating: Word Processing, Desktop Publishing, Electronic Publishing, and Presenting

(28)

Personal Computing with Popular Productivity Packages

(1)

Word Processing: The Most Popular PC Application

(11)

Concepts and Features

(5)

Integrating Tables and Graphs

(1)

Writing Tools: Dotting the i's and Crossing the t's

(1)

Putting Word Processing to Work

(4)

Desktop Publishing: Freedom of the Press

(6)

Desktop Publishing and Word Processing: What's the Difference?

(5)

Concepts and Features

(1)

Publishing Without Paper

(4)

The Advantages of Electronic Publishing

(1)

Creating Electronic Documents

(3)

Distribution of Electronic Documents

(1)

Converting Print Documents to Electronic Documents

(1)

Presentation Software

(6)

Organizing and Gathering Information: Spreadsheet, Database, and Browsers

(28)

Data Management in Practice: Bits to Databases

(3)

Spreadsheet: The Magic Matrix

(4)

Concepts and Features

(2)

Putting Spreadsheet Software to Work

(2)

Database: A Dynamic Data Tool

(7)

Database Software and Spreadsheet Software: What's the Difference?

(1)

Concepts and Features

(6)

Browsers: The Information Tool

(13)

Concepts and Features

(6)

Summary

(5)

Graphics and Multimedia: Tickling our Senses

Adding Pizzazz

(1)

Graphics: Creating and Working with Images

(12)

Displaying and Printing Graphic Images

(1)

Paint Software

(2)

Draw Software

(1)

Photo Illustration Software

(2)

Drag-and-Drop Software

(1)

Animation

(1)

Screen Capture and Graphics Conversion

(1)

Applications of Computer Graphics

(3)

Multimedia: Teaching the Computer to Sing and Dance

(11)

Multimedia Hardware and Software: Making It Happen

(7)

Multimedia Resources

(2)

Creating a Multimedia Application: Putting the Resources Together

(1)

Multimedia: The Possibilities

(1)

Software Suites: All in One Package

Focus on IT Personal Computing Buyer's Guide

MIS Module

Information Systems: The MIS, DSS, and EIS

(38)

An End to Business as Usual

(1)

Information and Decision Making

(4)

Making Decisions to Produces Products and Services

(2)

Filtering Information: Getting the Right Information to the Right Person

(1)

Decisions: Easy Ones and Tough Ones

(2)

All About Information Systems

(7)

The Information System: What Is It?

(1)

The Information System: What Can It Do?

(1)

The Manual System: Opportunities for Automation

(3)

Function-Based and Integrated Information Systems

(1)

Getting Data into the System: Data Entry Concepts

(1)

Data Processing Systems

(1)

Management Information Systems

(2)

The Management Information System: What Is It?

(1)

The MIS versus the Data Processing System

(1)

Characteristics of Management Information Systems

(1)

The MIS in Action

(1)

Decision Support Systems

(4)

The Decision Support System: What Is It?

(1)

The DSS versus the MIS

(1)

Characteristics of Decision Support Systems

(1)

The DSS Tool Box

(3)

Executive Information Systems: The Executive's DSS

(1)

Expert Systems

(3)

The Expert System: What Is It?

(1)

An Expert System Example: Technical Support

(2)

Are Expert Systems in Your Future?

(1)

Software Agents: Working for Us

(15)

Focus on IT Robots and Robotics

(8)

Developing Business Information Systems

The System Life Cycle

(1)

Stages of the Life Cycle

(1)

Applications Software: Whether to Make It or Buy It

(1)

Application Development Concepts

(6)

Structured system design

(2)

Data flow diagrams

(1)

Entity Relationship Diagrams

(3)

Flowcharting

(1)

Computer-Aided Software Engineering: The Case Tool Kit

(4)

Design Tools

(1)

Information Repository Tools

(1)

Program Development Tools

(1)

Prototyping: Creating a Model of the Target System

(6)

The Emergence of Prototyping

(1)

The Prototype System

(1)

Approaches to Developing Prototype Systems

(1)

The Prototyping Process

(4)

System Conversion and Implementation: Making the Transition

System and Acceptance Testing

(1)

Approaches to System Conversion

(2)

The System Becomes Operational

Issues Module

Computers in Society: Today

(42)

The Information Technology Paradox

(3)

Are We Ready for Information Technology?

(1)

Do We Really Want Information Technology?

(1)

Reaching the Point of No Return

(1)

Working in the Information Society

(5)

Opportunities for Computer Specialists

(4)

Career Opportunities for the Computer-Competent Minority

(1)

Our Jobs Are Changing

(1)

The Work Place: Ergonomics and Green Computing

(4)

Ergonomics and Work-Place Design

(1)

Reasons for Concern

(1)

Work-Place Design: An Evaluation

(2)

Green Computing

(1)

The Question of Ethics

(8)

Standards of Conduct: A Code of Ethics

(1)

The Misuse of Personal Information

(3)

Computer Monitoring

(1)

Computer Crime

(4)

Computer and System Security

(21)

Computer-Center Security

(3)

Information Systems Security

(1)

PC Security

(1)

Level of Risk

(5)

Focus on IT PC Applications Galore

(10)

Computers in Society: Tomorrow

The Virtual Frontier

(2)

The Wake Up Call

(2)

Down the Road: The Information Superhighway

(15)

Travelers along the Information Superhighway

(11)

The Information Superhighway: Getting There

(4)

Your Challenge

Glossary

Index

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