PC concepts
By: Edward G. Martin, Charles S. Parker.
Contributors: Parker, Charles S., 1945-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Dryden Press series in information systems; Dryden exact
Publisher: Dryden Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Fort Worth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Microcomputers.; Electronic data processing.; Internet.; World Wide Web.
Other titles: Concepts
Description: [This text is] created to provide a highly compact and current presentation of the world of PCs for students taking a first course in computers. It contains the knowledge one absolutely needs to know to understand how PCs work and how they can be used to maximum benefit. [The text discusses] such topics as storage and processing concepts, types of computer systems, PC hardware, PC software, communications systems fundamentals the Internet and the World Wide Web, shopping for a PC, and social issues regarding technology. -Pref.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to personal computers; title: Hardware; title: Software; title: Communications and networks; title: Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web; title: Developing your own PC; title: Social issues involving computers; title: Glossary.