Understanding computers: today and tomorrow. /
Deborah Morley, Charles S. Parker.
- 14th ed. comprehensive
- xxiii, 679, 17, 31 p. : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents: Module introduction: Introduction to the world off computers -- Module hardware: The system unit: processing memory -- Storage -- Input and output -- Module software: System software: operating systems and utility programs -- Application software -- Module networks and the internet: Computer networks -- The internet and the world wide web -- Network and internet security -- Module business on the web: Multimedia and the web -- E-Commerce -- Module systems: Information systems and system development -- Program development and programming languages -- Databases and database management systems -- Module computers and society: Computer security and privacy -- Intellectual property rights, ethics, health, access and the environment --