TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beekman,George
TI  - Computer confluence: exploring tomorrow's technology IT edition 
SN  - 9780130661852
U1  - 004 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
PB  - Pearson Education/Prentice Hall
KW  - Computers
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Computer Applications
N1  - Chapter 0. Read me 2

Part 1. Approaching Computers 
Hardware and Software Fundamentals 
Chapter 1. Computer currents: From calculation to connection 

Chapter 2. Hardware basics: Inside the box

Chapter 3. Hardware basics: peripherals

Chapter 4. Software basics: The ghost in the machine


Part 2. Using Computers 
Essential Applications 
Chapter 5. Revolution in writing : From Word Processing to paperless Publishing 

Chapter 6. Calculation, Visualization and Simulation

Chapter 7. Graphics, Hypermedia and Multimedia 

Chapter 8. Database Applications and Applications 


Part 3. Exploring with computers 
Networks and Gateways 
Chapter 9. Networking and telecommunication 


Chapter 10. Inside the internet and the web 

Chapter 11. From internet to information infrastructure

Chapter 12. Computer security and risks


Part 4. Managing Computers 
Information system at work
Chapter 13. System and Organizations in the information  Age 

Chapter 14. Information Technology in Management 

Chapter 15. Electronic Commerce and E-business 

Chapter 16. Systems Design and Development 


Part 5. Living with computers 
Information Age Implication 
Chapter 17. Computers at  work, school and home 

Chapter 18. Inventing future
; Includes index: p.549 -569
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