Contents: Approaching computers: Hardware and software fundamentals: Computer currents: From calculation to connection -- Hardware basics: Inside the box -- Hardware basics: Peripherals -- Software basics: The ghost in the machine -- Using software: Essentials applications: Basic office applications -- Graphics, digital media and multimedia -- Database applications and implications -- Exploring with computers: Networking and the internet: Networking and telecommunication -- Inside the internet and the world wide web -- Living with computers: Issues and implications: Computers security and risks -- Computers at work, school and home -- Managing computers: Information systems at work: Information systems in Business -- Electronic commerce and E-business -- Mastering computers: From algorithms to intelligence: Systems design and development -- Is artificial intelligence real