Using information technology a practical introduction to computers & communications : complete version
Title:
Using information technology a practical introduction to computers & communications : complete version
Author:
Williams, Brian K.
ISBN:
9780072485554
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Edition:
5th ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2003.
Physical Description:
482 p.
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SD_ILS:43288
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Summary
Using Information Technology, 5/e covers the fundamental computing concepts that are part of the digital age, including software, hardware, data, people, and procedures. The text centers on educating today's technology consumer, using themes of ethics, the Internet, and communications to demonstrate how the changing world of technology influences our lives and the decisions we make.
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1 Introduction To Information Technology: Mind Tools for Your Future |
| 1.1 Infotech Becomes Commonplace: Cellphones, E-Mail, the Internet, & the E-World |
| 1.2 The 'All-Purpose Machine': The Varieties of Computers |
| 1.3 Understanding the Computer: Pretending to Build Your Own PC |
| 1.4 Where Is Information Technology Headed? |
| 1.5 Infotech Becomes Commonplace: Cellphones, E-Mail, the Internet, & the E-World |
| 1.6 The 'All-Purpose Machine': The Varieties of Computers |
| 1.7 Understanding Your Computer: What If You Custom-Ordered Your Own PC? |
| 1.8 Where Is Information Technology Headed? |
| Chapter 2 The Internet & The World Wide Web: Exploring Cyberspace |
| 2.1 Choosing Your Internet Access Device & Physical Connection: The Quest for Broadband |
| 2.2 Choosing Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) |
| 2.3 Sending & Receiving E-Mail |
| 2.4 The World Wide Web |
| 2.5 The Online Gold Mine: More Internet Resources, Your Personal Cyberspace, E-Commerce, & the E-conomy |
| Chapter 3 Application Software: Tools for Thinking & Working More Productively |
| 3.1 Application Software: Getting Started |
| 3.2 Common Features of Software |
| 3.3 Word Processing |
| 3.4 Spreadsheets |
| 3.5 Database Software |
| 3.6 Specialty Software |
| Chapter 4 System Software: Power Behind the Power |
| 4.1 The Components of System Software |
| 4.2 The Operating System: What It Does |
| 4.3 Other System Software: Device Drivers & Utility Programs |
| 4.4 Common Operating Systems |
| 4.5 The OS of the Future: 'The Network Is the Computer' |
| 4.6 Online Software &Application Service Providers: Turning Point for the Software Industry |
| Chapter 5 Hardware-The Cpu & Storage: How to Buy a Multimedia Computer System |
| 5.1 Microchips, Miniaturization, & Mobility |
| 5.2 The System Unit |
| 5.3 Secondary Storage |
| 5.4 Future Developments in Processing & Storage |
| Chapter 6 Hardware-Input & Output: Taking Charge of Computing and Communications |
| 6.1 Input & Output |
| 6.2 Input Hardware |
| 6.3 Output Hardware |
| 6.4 The Future of Input & Output |
| 6.5 Input & Output Technology & Quality of Life: Health & Ergonomics |
| Chapter 7 Telecommunications-Networks & Communications: The 'New Story' in Computing |
| 7.1 From the Analog to the Digital Age |
| 7.2 The Practical Uses of Communications |
| 7.3 Communications Channels: The Conduits of Communications |
| 7.4 Factors Affecting How Data Is Transmitted |
| 7.5 Networks |
| 7.6 The Future of Communications |
| 7.7 Cyberethics: Controversial Material, Privacy, & Intellectual Property |
| Chapter 8 E-Commerce, Files, & Databases: Digital Engines for the New Economy |
| 8.1 Managing Files: Basic Concepts |
| 8.2 Database Management Systems |
| 8.3 Database Models |
| 8.4 Features of a Database Management System |
| 8.5 Databases & the New Economy: E-Commerce, Data Mining, & B2B Systems |
| 8.6 The Ethics of Using Storage & Databases: Concerns about Accuracy & Privacy |
| Chapter 9 The Challenges of The Digital Age: Society & Information Technology Today |
| 9.1 Security Issues: Threats to Computers & Communications Systems |
| 9.2 Security: Safeguarding Computers & Communications |
| 9.3 Quality-of-Life Issues: The Environment, Mental Health, & the Workplace |
| 9.4 Economic Issues: Employment & the Haves/Have-Nots |
| 9.5 The Digital Environment: Is There a Grand Design? |
| Chapter 10 The Promises Of The Digital Age: Society & Information Technology Tomorrow |
| 10.1 Emerging Global Telecommunications |
| 10.2 Artificial Intelligence |
| 10.3 Information & Education |
| 10.4 Health, Medicine, & Science |
| 10.5 Commerce & Money |
| 10.6 Entertainment & the Arts |
| 10.7 Government & Electronic Democracy |
| 10.8 Jobs & Careers |
| Chapter 11 Information Systems: Information Management & Systems Development |
| 11.1 Organizations Managers & Information |
| 11.2 Computer-Based Information Systems |
| 11.3 Systems Development: The Six Phases of Systems Analysis & Design |
| Appendix Software Development: Programming & Languages |
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