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O’Leary, Computing Essentials 2012
Introductory and Complete versions available
“Making IT Work for You!”
Your essential guide to computing concepts…
Computing Essentials 2012 provides you with a complete learning solution focusing on the most important, essential, and current concepts of information technology. Students are given a streamlined, concise, relevant approach to the fundamental issues surrounding the world of computing through a balance between theory and applied learning of these important topics. Overall, all of the items featured with this text—including the end-of-chapter materials and the text Web site—work together to help students truly understand the basics of computer concepts.
Table of contents
1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, THE INTERNET, AND YOU2 THE INTERNET, THE WEB, AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 3 BASIC APPLICATION SOFTWARE 4 SPECIALIZED APPLICATION SOFTWARE 5 SYSTEM SOFTWARE6 THE SYSTEM UNIT 7 INPUT AND OUTPUT8 SECONDARY STORAGE9 COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS 10 PRIVACY, SECURITY, AND ETHICS11 YOUR FUTURE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GlossaryCreditsIndex
