This exciting and innovating concepts text emphasizes all that is current, cutting-edge, and interesting to students in the introductory course. Focusing specifically on users, consumers and purchasers of technology, this text provides a no-nonsense coverage of the absolute essentials for using technology in today’s wired (and wireless!) world. The I-Series offers excellent coverage of the basics, as well as extensive information on building a website, e-commerce, implications of technological advances, buying your first PC, maintaining a computer system, and more. Each chapter also contains coverage of ethics, security, and privacy.
1 Computers In Your Life Today:
Are You Ready To Become Wired? :
2 The World Wide Web And The Internet::
How Vast Is Your Virtual Imagination? :
3 Application Software and Digital Media::
What Can Your Computer Do For You? :
4 System Software, Virus Protection and File Management: What Software Runs Your Hardware? :
5 Input, Output and Storage: :
What Kind of Peripheral Devices Would Suit Your Needs? 6 Computer Architecture::
How Does a Computer Work? :
7 The Nuts and Bolts of Networks::
How Can You Use Networks to Your Advantage? :
8 E-Commerce and Web Site Development::
How Do You Harness the Power of the Web? :
9 Ethics, Security, and Privacy::
What’s Right, What’s Wrong, and How Can You Protect Yourself? :
10 Databases and Data Warehouses::
How Do You Organize Large Amounts of Information? :
11 Emerging Technologies::
Can You See Them Coming? :