TY - BOOK AU - Capron,H.L. AU - Johnson,J.A. TI - Computers: tools for an information age SN - 9810699077 [newsprint] PY - 2005/// CY - Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. PB - Prentice Hall KW - Computers KW - Microcomputers N1 - Includes index; Includes appendixes, glossary and index; Contents: 1 Computer: tools for an information age -- Chapter 2 Applications software: Getting the work done -- Chapter 3 Operating system: Software in the background -- Chapter 4 The central processing unit: What goes on the computer -- Chapter 5 Input and output: The user connection -- Chapter 6 Storage and multimedia: The facts and more -- Chapter 7 Networking: computer connection -- Chapter 8 The internet at home and in the workplace -- Chapter 9 Social and ethical issue in computing: Doing the right thing -- Chapter 10 Security and privacy: Computers and the internet -- Chapter 11 Word processing and desktop publishing: Printing it -- Chapter 12 Spreadsheets and business graphics: Facts and figures -- Chapter 13 Database management systems: Getting data together -- Chapter 14 Systems analysis and design: The big picture -- Chapter 15 Programming and languages: Telling the computer what to do -- Chapter 16 Management Information Systems: Classical models and new approaches -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Index ER -