TY - BOOK AU - Martin,Edward G. AU - Parker,Charles S. TI - PC concepts T2 - Dryden exact SN - 003025969X (pbk.) AV - QA76.5 .M36 2000 U1 - 004.16 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Fort Worth PB - Dryden Press KW - Microcomputers KW - Electronic data processing KW - Internet KW - World Wide Web N1 - 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 N2 - [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 ER -