Computer confluence : exploring tomorrow's technology. Business edition / George Beekman, Eugene J. Rathswohl.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Reading, New York : Addison Wesley 1999.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxiv, 563 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 02014428814
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 004 22 BEE
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Content
Chapter 1 Approaching computers
1.2 Computers in context
1.3 Living without computers
1.4 Computers in perceptive: An evolving
etc.

Chapter 2 Hardware basics: Inside the box.
what computers do
Abit about bits.
Building with bits.
etc.
Chapter 3 Hardware basics: Peripherals
Input from person to processor
output: from pusles to people
etc.

Chapter 4 Software basic: the Ghost in the machine
Processing with programs
Software application: Tools for users.
System software: The hardware- software connection
etc.

Chapter 5 working with words
The word processing process
The wordsmith's toolbox
The desktop publishing story
etc.

Chapter 6 Calculation, Visualization and simulation
The spread: software for simulation and speculation.
Spreadsheet graphic: From digits to drawing
Calculated risks: compute modeling and simulation.
etc.

Chapter 7 Graphics, Hypermedia, and multimedia.
Focus on computer graphics
Dynamic media beyond the printed page.
Interactive multimedia: eye, hand and mind
etc.

Chapter 8 Database application and implications.
The electronic file cabinet: database basics.
Beyond the basic: database management systems
No secret computers and privacy
etc.

Chapter 9 Networking and Telecommunication
Linking up: Network basic
Electronics mail teleconferencing interpersonal computing
The other side of the modern: An on-line tour.
etc.

Chapter 10 From internet to information superhighway
The internet: a networks
Communication applications
Information exploration applications
etc.

Chapter 11 Computer security and risks
Online outlaws: computer crime
computer security: reducing risks
Security., privacy and freedom: the delicate balance
etc.

Chapter 12.System and organizations in the information age.
Into the information age.
Systems and organizations
Information systems.
etc.

Chapter 13. Information technology in management.
Managing a business or organization
Information technology to support managerial communication
Information technology to support managerial decision making
etc.

Chapter 14 Information technology for business strategy and electronic commerce
Case studies: Weyerhaeuser's roots
Case studies: Echolink interactive
Case studies: Automobile manufacture's use of extranets
etc.

Chapter 15 Systems design and development
How people programs
The languages of computers.
How people make systems
etc.

Chapter Computers at work, school, and home.
Computers and jobs
Computers go to school
Computer come home.
etc.

Chapter 17 Inventing the future
Tomorrow never knows
From research to reality: 21st
century information technology
Human question for a computer age.



Includes bibliographical references and index.

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