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Understanding computers & information processing : today and tomorrow : with BASIC

Title
Understanding computers & information processing : today and tomorrow : with BASIC / Charles S. Parker.
Author
Parker, Charles S., 1945-
Publication
Fort Worth : Dryden Press, ©1994.

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Description
xxviii, 563, [63], 98 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm.
Series Statement
The Dryden Press series in information systems
Uniform Title
Dryden Press series in information systems
Alternative Title
Understanding computers and information processing
Subject
  • Computers
  • Electronic data processing
  • Computers
  • computers
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
pt. 1. Introduction -- Introduction to the world of computers -- Computer systems and information processing -- pt. 2. Hardware -- The central processing unit and memory -- Secondary storage -- Input and output equipment -- pt. 3. Support systems -- Telecommunications -- Systems software -- pt. 4. Productivity software -- Word processing and desktop publishing -- Spreadsheets and presentation graphics -- Data management -- pt. 5. Information systems -- Business systems -- Systems development -- Program development and programming languages -- End-user development -- pt. 6. Computers in society -- Career opportunities -- Computers in our lives: the costs and the benefits.
ISBN
  • 0030979056
  • 9780030979057
LCCN
92075746
OCLC
  • ocm30896371
  • 30896371
  • SCSB-2063190
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library