CHAPTER 1 The World of Computers
- The Global Village
- Personal Computers
- Workstations
- Mainframe Computers
- Supercomputers
- Serendipitous Surfing: The Movies
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Focus on IT: The History of Computing: An Overview
CHAPTER 2 Inside the Computer
- Processors, Chips, and RAM
- Expansion Boards
- Encoding
- Serendipitous Surfing: Popular Culture
- Focus on IT: The Computer on a Chip
- Processors, Chips, and RAM
- Serendipitous Surfing: Leisure Time
CHAPTER 3 Software: Telling Computers What to Do
- Operating Systems
- Programming
- Serendipitous Surfing: Travel
CHAPTER 4 Storing and Retrieving Information: Disks and Tape Backup Units
- Magnetic Disk
- Magnetic Tape
- Optical Storage
- Serendipitous Surfing: Sports
CHAPTER 5 Input/Output: Computers in Action
- Input
- Output
- Printers
- Terminals
- Serendipitous Surfing: Reference
CHAPTER 6 Networks and Networking: Linking the World
- Networks
- Transmission Media
- Serendipitous Surfing: Government
- Serendipitous Surfing: Health Care
CHAPTER 7 Going Online: The Net, Information Services, and More
- Going Online
- The Internet
- Telecommuting
- Serendipitous Surfing: Magazines
APPENDIX TO CORE: The Windows Environment
- System Interaction
- Serendipitous Surfing: Online Shopping
- Serendipitous Surfing: News and Weather
CHAPTER 8 Communicating: Word Processing, Desktop Publishing, Electronic
Publishing, and Presenting
- Word Processing/Desktop Publishing
- Serendipitous Surfing: Humor
CHAPTER 9 Organizing and Gathering Information: Spreadsheet, Database, and
Browsers
- Spreadsheet/Database
- Serendipitous Surfing: Money Management
CHAPTER 10 Graphics and Multimedia: Tickling Our Senses
- Graphics
- Multimedia
- Serendipitous Surfing: Hotels and Restaurants
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Focus on IT:The Smart Shopper: A Personal Computing Buyer's Guide
- Buying a PC
- Serendipitous Surfing: Health Care
CHAPTER 11 Information Systems: The MIS, DSS, and EIS
- MIS/DDS/EIS
- Expert Systems/Software Agents
- Artificial Intelligence
- Serendipitous Surfing: Distance Learning
- Serendipitous Surfing: Politics
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Focus on IT: Robots and Robotics
CHAPTER 12 Developing Business Information Systems
- System Development
- Computers at Work
- Serendipitous Surfing: Business
CHAPTER 13 Computers in Society: Today
- Jobs
- Ergonomics
- Ethics in Computing
- Computer Crime
- Serendipitous Surfing: Music
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Focus on IT: PC Applications Galore
CHAPTER 14 Computers in Society: Tomorrow
- New Technology
- Virtual Reality
- Serendipitous Surfing: Worst and Best