Discovering Computers, Introductory - Your Interactive Guide to the Digital World, International Edition (with Student Success Guide). International Edition

Students are guided through the latest trends in computer concepts and technology in an exciting and easy-to-follow format. Updated for currency, ENHANCED DISCOVERING COMPUTERS, INTRODUCTORY: YOUR INTERACTIVE GUIDE TO THE DIGITAL WORLD, International Edition provides readers with the most up-to-date information on the latest technology in today's digital world.

List of contents

1. Basic Introduction to Computers.Special Feature: Computing Timeline.2. Fundamentals of the World Wide Web and Internet.Special Feature: Using the Web.3. Software for Systems.Special Feature: Communication in the Digital Age.4. System Unit Components.5. Understanding Input.6. Understanding Output.Special Feature: Video Technology in the Digital World.7. Types of Storage.8. Types of Utility Programs and Operating Systems.Special Feature: Guide for Buyers.9. Networks and Communications.10. Managing a Database.11. Manage Computing Securely, Safely and Ethically.Special Feature: Forensics in the Digital Age.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Freund, Jeffrey J. Quasney, Susan Sebok, Gary Shelly, Misty Vermaat
• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2012
• EAN: 9781285082363
• ISBN: 978-1-285-08236-3
• No. of pages: 704
• Dimensions: 189 mm x 246 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 1620 g
• Series: Shelly Cashman Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT