TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Leary,Timothy J.
AU  - O'Leary,Linda I.
TI  - Computing essentials 2010
T2  - The O'Leary series
SN  - 9780073516745 (alk. paper)
AV  - QA76.5 .O4283 2010
U1  - 004 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGraw Hill Higher Education
KW  - Computers
KW  - Electronic data processing
N1  -                      Content 

Chapter 1 Information technology, the internet and you.
Information systems
People.
Software 
Hardware.
etc.

Chapter 2 The Internet, the web and electronic commerce
The internet and the web access 
Communication
Search tools 
Electronics 
etc.

Chapter 3 Basic application software 
Application software 
Word processors
Spreadsheets 
Database management systems 
etc. 

Chapter 4 Specialized application software 
Specialized application graphics 
Audio and video 
Multimedia 
etc. 

Chapter 5 Systems software 
System software 
Operating systems 
Utilities 
etc.

Chapter 6 The system unit.
Electronic data and instruction 
System board 
Microprocessor 
Memory 
etc.

Chapter 7 Input and output
What is put 
Keyboard 
Pointing device
etc.

Chapter 8 Secondary storage 
Storage 
Hard disks.
Solid state storage 
etc.

Chapter 9 Communication 
Communications
Communication Channels 
Connection devices 
Data communication
etc.

Chapter 10. Privacy and security 
People 
Privacy 
Security 
Ergonmics.
etc.

Chapter 11 Information
Organizational information flow 
Computer- based information systems 
Transaction processing system
etc.

Chapter 12 Databases 
Data 
Data organization 
Database 
DBMS structure 
etc.

Chapter 13 System analysis and design 
Systems: Analysis and design
Phase 1: Preliminary investigation
Phase 2 Systems analysis
etc.

Chapter 14 Programming and languages 
Programs and programming
Step1: Program specification
Step2: Program design
etc.  

Chapter 15 Your future information technology 
Changing times
Technology and organizations
Technology and people 



; Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ER  -