Morley, Deborah <br/><br/>
Understanding computers: today and tomorrow. / 
Deborah Morley and Charles S. Parker. 
 - 12th ed. 
 - Australia:  Course Technology,  c2009. 
 - xxiii, 719 + various pagings:  ill.;  27cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Module introduction: Introduction to the world of computers -- Expert insight on personal computers -- Module hardware: The System unit: processing and memory -- Storage -- Input and output -- Expert insight on hardware -- Module software: System software: operating systems and utility programs -- Application software -- Expert insight on software -- Module networks and the internet: Computer networks -- The Internet and world wide web -- Network and internet security -- Expert insight on networks and the internet -- Module business on the web: Multimedia and the web -- E-Commerce -- Expert insight on web-based multimedia and E-Commerce -- Module systems: Information systems and system development -- Program development and programming languages -- Databases and database management systems -- Expert insight on systems -- Module computers and society: Computer security and privacy -- Intellectual property rights, ethics, health, access, and the environment -- Expert insight on computers and society.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>139781603340120 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label> Computing. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA76.5.P318