num_pages: 201
description: A book/CD-ROM introductory text covering basic hardware and software concepts. Layout is lively, reader-friendly, and fun, with color photos and key words in bold. Coverage spans application and system software, the processing unit, input and output, secondary storage, communications and connectivity, and files and databases, with special sections on the Internet and a buyer's guide. Learning features include lab modules based on case studies, complete with hands-on projects, exercises rated by difficulty, discussion questions, concept boxes, and glossaries. This edition includes an updated Internet section, visual summaries of chapter material, and self-tests. The companion CD-ROM contains animated interactive segments. For undergraduates with no computer experience. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Computing Essentials: Multimedia Edition 1997-1998
titlecomplete: Computing Essentials: Multimedia Edition 1997-1998 (Brief Version, 1st Ed)
publisher: McGraw-Hill College