PC concepts /
Concepts
Edward G. Martin, Charles S. Parker.
- 2nd ed.
- Fort Worth : Dryden Press, c2000.
- xviii, 284 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- Dryden Press series in information systems .
- Dryden exact .
Includes index.
Introduction to personal computers -- Hardware -- Software -- Communications and networks -- Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web -- Developing your own PC -- Social issues involving computers -- Glossary.
[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.
003025969X (pbk.)
99074296
Microcomputers. Electronic data processing. Internet. World Wide Web.