Computers in your future /
Meyer, Marilyn Wertheimer.
Computers in your future / [electronic resource] Marilyn Wertheimer Meyer, Roberta L. Baber. - Indianapolis, IN : Que College, c1995. - 442 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
The Basics. The Importance of Computer Literacy. Computer Concepts and Computer Literacy: An Overview. Basic Terminology. Computers: The Historical Perspective. Computer Hardware. Data In, Information Out. Processing and Storage. Different Sizes, Different Needs. Making Computers Work for You. Software and Data. Software. How Computers Store Data. How Computers Help People. Word Processing and Desktop Publishing. Spreadsheets. Databases. Multimedia and Presentation Packages. So Much More. Getting Connected. Data Communications: Connecting the World. Telecommunications. Networks: LANs and WANs. The Information Superhighway. Your Future. The World of Computers. Business and Industry. Computers in Education. Science and Medicine. Working In the Computer Industry. Careers in the Computer Industry. Systems Analysis. Computers Shaping Society and Our Future. How Computers Are Changing the World. Ergonomics. Ethics-Doing the Right Thing. Computer Security and Privacy. Thinking Computers. Artificial Intelligence and a View toward the Future. A Microcomputer Buyer's Guide. Strategies for Computer Shopping. The Selection of Hardware.
1565299884 9781565299887
94068910
Computers.
QA76.5 / .M47 1995
004
Computers in your future / [electronic resource] Marilyn Wertheimer Meyer, Roberta L. Baber. - Indianapolis, IN : Que College, c1995. - 442 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
The Basics. The Importance of Computer Literacy. Computer Concepts and Computer Literacy: An Overview. Basic Terminology. Computers: The Historical Perspective. Computer Hardware. Data In, Information Out. Processing and Storage. Different Sizes, Different Needs. Making Computers Work for You. Software and Data. Software. How Computers Store Data. How Computers Help People. Word Processing and Desktop Publishing. Spreadsheets. Databases. Multimedia and Presentation Packages. So Much More. Getting Connected. Data Communications: Connecting the World. Telecommunications. Networks: LANs and WANs. The Information Superhighway. Your Future. The World of Computers. Business and Industry. Computers in Education. Science and Medicine. Working In the Computer Industry. Careers in the Computer Industry. Systems Analysis. Computers Shaping Society and Our Future. How Computers Are Changing the World. Ergonomics. Ethics-Doing the Right Thing. Computer Security and Privacy. Thinking Computers. Artificial Intelligence and a View toward the Future. A Microcomputer Buyer's Guide. Strategies for Computer Shopping. The Selection of Hardware.
1565299884 9781565299887
94068910
Computers.
QA76.5 / .M47 1995
004