Personal Computer Concepts

ISBN 13:
9780030259692
ISBN 10:
003025969X
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/01/1999
Publisher: Course Technology
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Summary

[This text is] created to provide a highly compact and current presentation of the world of PCs for students taking a first course in computers. It contains the knowledge one absolutely needs to know to understand how PCs work and how they can be used to maximum benefit. [The text discusses] such topics as storage and processing concepts, types of computer systems, PC hardware, PC software, communications systems fundamentals the Internet and the World Wide Web, shopping for a PC, and social issues regarding technology. -Pref.

Preface

Introduction to Personal Computers

(28)

Overview

(1)

PCs in the Workplace

(1)

What's a Personal Computer?

(3)

The Role of Data and Programs

(2)

Data: A Multimedia Perspective

(1)

Programs: The Instructions That Shape Data

(1)

A Closer Look at Storage

(1)

Memory

(1)

Secondary Storage

(1)

Hardware and Software

(3)

Hardware

(1)

Software

(3)

Organizing Data and Programs

(3)

Documents and Folders

(2)

Web-Page Organization

(1)

Fields, Records, Files, and Databases

(1)

Types of PCs

(2)

Desktop Units

(1)

Portables

(1)

PC-Compatible or Macintosh?

(1)

Computer Networks

(2)

Accessing Networks

(1)

Online and Offline

(1)

Using PCs: A Comprehensive Example

(3)

Summary and Key Terms

(1)

Exercises

(2)

Projects

(2)

Online Review

(2)

Hardware

(44)

Overview

(1)

Input Hardware

(2)

Keyboards

(1)

Pointing Devices

(2)

Image Scanners

(1)

Processing Hardware

(15)

Bits and Bytes: The Building Blocks of Computer Logic

(6)

Looking Inside the System Unit

(8)

Secondary Storage Hardware

(9)

Properties of Secondary Storage Systems

(1)

Diskettes

(3)

Hard Disks

(2)

Optical Disks

(2)

Cartridge Tapes

(1)

Output Hardware

(7)

Monitors

(2)

Printers

(3)

Special-Purpose Output Devices

(2)

Summary and Key Terms

(2)

Exercises

(2)

Projects

(3)

Interactive Exercise

(1)

Online Review

(2)

Software

(48)

Overview

(1)

Whose Software Is It?

(2)

Proprietary Software

(1)

Shareware

(1)

Freeware

(1)

The User Interface

(3)

Command Syntax

(1)

Shortcut Keystrokes

(1)

Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)

(2)

Elements of a Graphical User Interface

(12)

Menus

(6)

Windows

(4)

Dialog Boxes

(1)

Online Help

(1)

Systems Software

(8)

Operating Systems

(6)

Utility Programs

(1)

Language Translators

(1)

Applications Software

100

(12)

Software Suites

100

(1)

Word Processors

101

(1)

Spreadsheets

101

(5)

Database Management Systems

106

(2)

Other Productivity Software

108

(4)

Summary and Key Terms

112

(2)

Exercises

114

(2)

Projects

116

(3)

Interactive Exercises

119

(1)

Online Review

119

(2)

Communications and Networks

121

(38)

Overview

122

(1)

Telecommunications Applications

123

(6)

Electronic Mail and Messaging

123

(2)

Information Retrieval and the Web

125

(1)

Collaborative Computing

126

(2)

Transaction Processing

128

(1)

Telecommunications Media

129

(5)

Wire Media

129

(3)

Wireless Media

132

(2)

Adapting Computers to Telecommunications Media

134

(6)

Sending Data over Media

135

(1)

Network Interface Cards and Modems

136

(3)

ISDN and Beyond

139

(1)

Network Topologies

140

(1)

Local Networks

140

(5)

Local Area Networks (LANs)

142

(2)

Hierarchical Local Networks

144

(1)

Wide Area Networks (WANs)

145

(1)

Handling WAN Traffic

145

(1)

Communications Protocols

146

(7)

Summary and Key Terms

153

(2)

Exercises

155

(1)

Projects

156

(1)

Interactive Exercise

157

(1)

Online Review

157

(2)

Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web

159

(46)

Overview

160

(1)

Evolution of the Internet

161

(5)

From the ARPANET to the World Wide Web

161

(2)

The Internet Community Today

163

(2)

Myths about the Internet

165

(1)

What Does the Internet Have to Offer?

166

(10)

E-Mail

166

(2)

Information Retrieval and the World Wide Web

168

(3)

Mailing Lists

171

(1)

Newsgroups

172

(1)

Chat

173

(2)

Online Shopping

175

(1)

Internet Addresses

176

(2)

Desktop Tools for Accessing the Internet

178

(14)

Browsers and Plug-In Packages

178

(10)

Search Engines

188

(4)

Hardware Considerations

192

(1)

Connecting to the Internet

192

(5)

About Service Providers

192

(1)

Selecting a Provider

193

(2)

Setting Up Your System

195

(2)

Summary and Key Terms

197

(2)

Exercises

199

(1)

Projects

200

(3)

Interactive Exercises

203

(1)

Online Review

203

(2)

Developing Your Own PC

205

(32)

Overview

206

(1)

The PC Marketplace

207

(5)

PC Products

207

(1)

Sales and Distribution

208

(4)

Selecting a PC

212

(5)

Analyzing Needs

213

(1)

Listing Alternatives

213

(2)

Evaluating Alternatives

215

(1)

Choosing a System

216

(1)

Hardware and Software Installation

217

(1)

Operating a PC

218

(8)

Backup Procedures

218

(1)

Equipment Maintenance

219

(3)

Security

222

(1)

Troubleshooting and Technical Assistance

222

(4)

Upgrading

226

(3)

Upgrading Hardware

227

(1)

Upgrading Software

227

(1)

Functional versus Technological Obsolescence

228

(1)

Learning More about PCs

229

(2)

Summary and Key Terms

231

(1)

Exercises

232

(1)

Projects

233

(3)

Online Review

236

(1)

Social Issues Involving Computers

237

(30)

Overview

238

(1)

Computers, Work, and Our Well-Being

239

(2)

Stress-Related Concerns

239

(1)

Ergonomics-Related Concerns

240

(1)

Environment-Related Concerns

241

(1)

Computer Crime

241

(10)

Types of Computer Crime

242

(4)

Minimizing Computer Crime

246

(4)

Crime Legislation

250

(1)

Computers and Privacy

251

(5)

Privacy and Electronic Mail

251

(2)

Privacy and Marketing Databases

253

(1)

Privacy and the Internet

253

(1)

Caller Identification

254

(2)

Privacy Legislation

256

(1)

Ethical Issues Regarding Computers

256

(3)

Some Examples

258

(1)

Why Study Ethics?

258

(1)

Summary and Key Terms

259

(1)

Exercises

260

(2)

Projects

262

(3)

Interactive Exercise

265

(1)

Online Review

265

(2)

Glossary

267

(10)

Index

277

(6)

Credits

283

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