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Computers : tools for an information age / H.L. Capron.

By: Publication details: Menlo Park, Calif. : Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co., c1987.Description: xxxi, 654 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0805322493 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 004 19 CAR
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Contents

The beginning of computer literacy
The unfinished revolution: you and computer literacy
Overview of a computer system: hardware, software and people

Hardware
History and industry: the continuing story of computer age
The central processing unit: under the hood
Input and output: data given, information received
Storage devices and file processing : facts on file
Communications: reaching out to touch a computer

Software
Beginning programming: getting started
Structures program design: up from spaghetti code
languages: a survey
Operating systems: the hidden software
systems analysis and design: change and the computer

Microcomputers and applications software
Personal computers: a computer of your own
Word processing : The most popular use of personal computers
Spreadsheets and graphics: study and show
Database management systems: getting data together

Computers in the workplace
Computer in Business: From the office to the factory floor
Management information systems: managing computer resources
Security, privacy, and ethics: protecting hardware, software and data

Includes index.

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