Computers in your future 2004. Complete edition /
Complete edition
Bryan Pfaffenberger, Bill Daley ; contributions by Ken Royal.
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004.
- 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Table of Contents
Becoming Fluent with Computers
Chapters Outline
1 . Introducing Computers and the Internet The Need for Computer Fluency What is Computer Anyway? Introducing Hardware: The Computer’s Physical Components Introducing Software: Telling the Computer what to do The Internet
2. Inside the System Unit Describing Hardware Performance Introducing System Unit What’s on the Motherbord What’s on the Outside of the Box How compuers Represent Data
3. Input and Output: Data In, Information Out Understanding Input: Getting Data Into the Computer Input devices: Giving Commands Keyboards Etc.
4. Memory vs. Storage Storage Devices Disks and Disk Drives Etc.
5. The Operating System System Utilities Etc.
6. Horizontal and Vertical Applications Commercial Software Software Versions Using Application Software Etc.
7. Introducing Computer Networks: Synergy at Work Network Fundamentals Local Area Network ( LAN) Wide Area Networks (WAN) Etc.
8. Understanding the Internet Internet Software; Clients and Servers How the Internet Works Etc.
9. The Web: An Indispensable Information Resource Browsing the Web Finding Information on the Web Using Search Techniques Etc.
10. Unde4rstanding the Telephone System Modern: From Digital to Analog and Back Etc.
11. Scope of the Problem Computer crime and Cybercrime: Tools and Tricks Etc.