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020 _a139781603340120
050 _aQA76.5.P318
100 _aMorley, Deborah
245 _aUnderstanding computers: today and tomorrow. /
_cDeborah Morley and Charles S. Parker.
250 _a12th ed.
260 _aAustralia:
_bCourse Technology,
_cc2009.
300 _axxiii, 719 + various pagings:
_bill.;
_c27cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _aContents: 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.
650 _bComputing.
700 _aParker, Charles S.
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_cBK
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