Computer Confluence: Exploring Tomorrow's Technology - Softcover

Beekman, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201352133 ISBN 13: 9780201352139

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1998

Synopsis

A union of three media resources, offering a textbook, CD-ROM and website. The text goes beyond explaining computer concepts and explores the promise and problems of information technology, how it affects people in society and the future. It offers a quick guide to designing a web page, taking introductory students step-by-step through the process of creating and designing web pages. New to this edition are boxed features based on articles from newspapers and magazines which explore controversial, ethical and social issues related to the growth of information technology, this includes the Internet and Internet service providers, intranets and extranets, push and pull technology, dynamic HTML, Internet security, Java, emerging multimedia technology, Windows 98 and Office 97.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Computer Confluence, Fourth Edition, presents computers and information technology on three levels:

• Explanations: Computer Confluence explains what a computer is and what it can (and can't) do; it explains the basics of information technology, from multimedia PCs to the Internet, clearly and concisely.
• Applications: Computer Confluence clearly illustrates how computers and networks can be used as practical tools to access, create, and share information at school, work, and home.
• Implications Computer Confluence puts computers in a human context, illustrating how information technology affects our lives, our world, and our future.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201352133
• ISBN 13: 9780201352139
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 480