Description: I. APPROACHING COMPUTERS. 1. Computers in Context. 2. Hardware Basics: Inside the Box. 3. Hardware Basics: Peripherals. 4. Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine. II. USING COMPUTERS. 5. Working with Words. 6. Calculation, Visualization, and Simulation. 7. Graphics, Hypermedia, and Multimedia. 8. Database Applications and Implications. III. EXPLORING WITH COMPUTERS. 9. Networking and Telecommunication. 10. From Internet to Information Superhighway. 11. Computer Security and Risks. IV. MANAGING COMPUTERS: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT WORK. 12. Systems and Organizations in the Information Age. 13. Information Technology in Management. 14. Information Technology for Business Strategy and Electronic Commerce. 15. Systems Design and Development. V. LIVING WITH COMPUTERS: INTO THE INFORMATION AGE. 16. Computers at Work, School, and Home. 17. Inventing the Future.

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