Using information technology : a practical introduction to computers & communications. Brief version /
Sawyer, Stacey C.
Using information technology : a practical introduction to computers & communications. Brief version / Stacey C. Sawyer, Brian K. Williams, Sarah E. Hutchinson. - 3rd edition - Boston : Irwin/McGraw-Hill, c1999. - xxii, 345 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Contents
1. The digital age: an overview of the revolution in computers $ communications
2. Applications software: tools for thinking and working
3. System software: The power behind the power
4. Processors: hardware for power and portability
5. Input and out put: taking charge of computing and communication
6. Storage and databases: foundations for interactivity , multimedia , and knowledge
7. Telecommunications: the uses of online resources and the internet
8. Communications technology: hardware, channels and networks
9. Systems: Development, programming and languages
10. Society and the digital age: challenges and promises
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-336) and index.
0256261474 (acidfree)
Computers.
Telecommunication systems.
Information technology.
004 / SAW
Using information technology : a practical introduction to computers & communications. Brief version / Stacey C. Sawyer, Brian K. Williams, Sarah E. Hutchinson. - 3rd edition - Boston : Irwin/McGraw-Hill, c1999. - xxii, 345 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Contents
1. The digital age: an overview of the revolution in computers $ communications
2. Applications software: tools for thinking and working
3. System software: The power behind the power
4. Processors: hardware for power and portability
5. Input and out put: taking charge of computing and communication
6. Storage and databases: foundations for interactivity , multimedia , and knowledge
7. Telecommunications: the uses of online resources and the internet
8. Communications technology: hardware, channels and networks
9. Systems: Development, programming and languages
10. Society and the digital age: challenges and promises
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-336) and index.
0256261474 (acidfree)
Computers.
Telecommunication systems.
Information technology.
004 / SAW