Martin, Edward G.

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.)

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Microcomputers.
Electronic data processing.
Internet.
World Wide Web.

QA76.5 / .M36 2000

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