The computer primer
Subtitle: for gifted beginners
By: Ann Cavanaugh.
Publisher: Childrens Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Microcomputers -- Juvenile literature.; Microcomputers -- Programming -- Juvenile literature.; Computers.; Microcomputers.; BASIC (Computer program language); Programming (Computers)
Description: An introduction to the world of computers, including their history, types, uses, parts, flowcharting, programming in BASIC, ethics, and careers.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 7; label: Chapter 1
title: A Brief History of Computers
pagenum: 8; label: Chapter 2
title: Types of Computers
pagenum: 16; label: Chapter 3
title: Computer Users
pagenum: 22; label: Chapter 4
title: Computer Parts — Hardware and Software
pagenum: 34; label: Chapter 5
title: Binary Bypass
pagenum: 58; label: Chapter 6
title: Computer Circuitry
pagenum: 84; label: Chapter 7
title: The Inside Story
pagenum: 96; label: Chapter 8
title: Flow Charting
pagenum: 114; label: Chapter 9
title: Programming in BASIC
pagenum: 120; label: Chapter 10
title: BASIC Dialects
pagenum: 208; label: Chapter 11
title: Computer Ethics
pagenum: 210; label: Chapter 12
title: Computer Careers
pagenum: 212; title: Program Potpourri
pagenum: 215; title: Glossary
pagenum: 232; title: Index
pagenum: 237