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Understanding computers and information processing : today and tomorrow / Charles S. Parker.

By: Parker, Charles S, 1945-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Forth Worth, TX ; London : Dryden Press, 1994Edition: 5th ed.Description: xxviii, 629 p in various pagings : col. ill ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0030979064.Subject(s): Computers | Electronic data processingDDC classification: 004
Contents:
Module A: Introduction -- Introduction to the World of Computers -- Computer Systems and Information Processing -- Module B: Hardware -- The Central Processing Unit and Memory -- Secondary Storage -- Input and Output Equipment -- Module C: Support Systems -- Telecommunications -- Systems Software -- Module D: Productivity Software -- Word Processing and Desktop Publishing -- Spreadsheets and Presentation Graphics -- Data Management -- Module E: Information Systems -- Business Systems -- Systems Development -- Program Development and Programming languages -- End-User development -- Module F: Computers in Society -- Career Opportunities -- Computers in Our Lives: The Costs and the Benefits.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00009424
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

Module A: Introduction -- Introduction to the World of Computers -- Computer Systems and Information Processing -- Module B: Hardware -- The Central Processing Unit and Memory -- Secondary Storage -- Input and Output Equipment -- Module C: Support Systems -- Telecommunications -- Systems Software -- Module D: Productivity Software -- Word Processing and Desktop Publishing -- Spreadsheets and Presentation Graphics -- Data Management -- Module E: Information Systems -- Business Systems -- Systems Development -- Program Development and Programming languages -- End-User development -- Module F: Computers in Society -- Career Opportunities -- Computers in Our Lives: The Costs and the Benefits.