Go! technology in actions Complete / Alan Evans , Kendall Martin Mary Anne Poatsy
Publication details: Upper Saddle River: Pearson prentice Hall, c2009Edition: 5th editionDescription: xxxi, 703 P. : col.ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 0555011127
- 9780555011126
- 22 004.16 EVA
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Content
CHAPTER 1.
Why computers matter to you becoming computer fluent
Becoming a savvy computer user and computer being prepared for your career
Computers in business: working in the data mine
Computers in retail: Let me look that up for you
Computers in shipping: UPS data on the go
Computers in the arts: what we dance
Etc.
CHAPTER 2
Looking at computers : Understanding the parts
Your computers' hardware
Input devices
Output devices
Monitors
Printers
DIG DEEPER: How Ink-jet laser printers work
Etc.
CHAPTER 3
Using the Internet: making the most of the webs' resources
Internet basic
Finding an internet service provider
Getting around the web: URLs hyperlinks and other tools
Searching the web: Search engines and subject directories
Communicating through the internet: E-mail and other technologies
Etc.
CHAPTER 4
Application software: Programs that let you work and play
The nuts bolts of software
productivity software
Financial and business- related software
Graphics and multimedia software
Educational and reference software
Etc.
CHAPTER 5
Using system software: The operating system, utility programs and file management
System software basic
Operating system categories
Desktop operating systems
What the operating system does
The boot process: starting your computer
Etc.
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
Evaluating RAM: The memory subsystem
Etc.
CHAPTER 7
Networking and security: connecting computers and keeping them sate from hackers and viruses
Networking fundamentals
Network architectures
Network components
Types of peer-to-peer networks
Choosing a peer-to-peer network
Etc.
CHAPTER 8
Mobile computing keeping your data on hand
Mobile computing is the right for you
Mobile computing devices
Paging devices
Cellular phones
Etc.
CHAPTER 9
Behind the scenes: A closer look at system hardware
Digital data: switches and bits
The CPU: processing digital information
RAM: the next level of temporary storage
Buses: the CPUs data highway
Etc.
CHAPTER 10
Behind the scenes: Software Programming
Chapter 11
Behind the scenes: Database and Information Systems
Chapter 12
Behind the scenes: Networking and Security
Chapter 13
Behind the scenes: The Internet: How it works
Includes Index : p. 683 - 695
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