Technology in action / Alan Evans, Kendall Martin, Mary Anne Poatsy.
Publication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2007.Edition: 3rd ed., completeDescription: xxxi, 649 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 0131878867 (pbk.)
- 9780131878860
- At head of title: Go!
- 004.16 22 EVA
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: WHY COMPUTERS MATTER TO YOU: BECOMING COMPUTER FLUENT
Becoming a savvy computer user and consumer
Being prepared for your career
Getting ready for technology of tomorrow
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CHAPTER 2: LOOKING AT COMPUTERS: UNDERSTANDING THE PARTS
Your computer's hardware
Input devices
Output devices
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CHAPTER 3: USING THE INTERNET: MAKING THE MOST OF THE WEB'S RESOURCES
Internet basics
Finding an internet service provider
Navigating the web: web browsers
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CHAPTER 4: APPLICATION SOFTWARE: PROGRAMS THAT LET YOU WORK AND PLAY
The nuts and Bolts of software
Productivity software
Financial and business related software
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CHAPTER 5: USING SYSTEM SOFTWARE: THE OPERATING SYSTEM, UTILITY PROGRAMS AND FILE MANAGEMENT
System software basics
Operating system categories
Desktop operating systems
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CHAPTER 6: UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING HARDWARE: EVALUATING YOUR SYSTEM
To buy or to upgrade: that is the question
What is your ideal computer
Assessing your hardware: evaluating your system
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CHAPTER 7: NETWORKING AND SECURITY: CONNECTING COMPUTERS AND KEEPING THEM SAFE FROM HACKERS AND VIRUSES
Networking fundamentals
Network components
Types of peer-to-peer networks
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CHAPTER 8: MOBILE COMPUTING: KEEPING YOUR DATA ON HAND
Mobile computing: Is it right for you?
Mobile computing devices
Paging devices
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CHAPTER 9: BEHIND THE SCENES: A CLOSER LOOK AT SYSTEM HARDWARE
Digital data: Switches and bits
The CPU: Processing digital information
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CHAPTER 10: BEHIND THE SCENES
The life cycle of an information system
Th life cycle of a program
Describing the problem: The problem statement
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CHAPTER 11: BEHIND THE SCENES: DATABASES AND THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Life without databases
Database building blocks
Database types
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CHAPTER 12: BEHIND THE SCENES: NETWORKING AND SECURITY
Networking advantages
Client/server networks
Classifications of client/server networks: LANs, WANs, and MANs
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CHAPTER 13: BEHIND THE SCENES: THE INTERNET: HOW IT WORKS
The management of the internet
Internet Networking
Data Transmission and protocols
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Includes index.
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