Computing in the Web Age: A Web-Interactive Introduction (Plenum Series on Demographic Methods) - Softcover

Dilligan, Robert J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306459728 ISBN 13: 9780306459726

Publisher: Springer, 1998

Synopsis

This book reflects thirty years of experience in the applications of computer technology to literary research and instruction and in consulting work in office automation and system integration. In that time I have again and again found myself in the position of having to introduce students, both undergraduate and graduate, colleagues and clients to the fundamentals of computer hardware and software. Over the years, as computers became both central and commonplace in professional life, I have been aware of changing attitudes toward this technology. From attitudes that ranged from the disdain of platonic dialecticians for mere technology to intimidation bordering at times almost on terror, people have moved to incorporate this new technology into their frame of reference ( humani nil a me alienum ). The development of the microprocessor and its subsequent use for word processing marked one important watershed. The widespread use of word processors made it more likely than not that people would own their own computers, at least at work, and use them as part of their work-a-day activities. But while word processing provided some increased familiarity with computers, it did not lead most indivi- als much beyond a knowledge of the usual incantations needed to control the MultiMate or Nota Bene or Word Perfect golam and, as a result of unhappy experience, a begrudging acceptance of the need to make back up copies of important files.

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Review

`The text is easy to follow and quite readable.... recommend the book as additional material for classes in computer science, especially in computer programming methods. It is also suitable as outside reading for teachers and students of information science who are willing to experiment with diverse approaches to information technology.'
Computing Reviews (March 1999)

Synopsis

This timely volume is an extraordinarily accessible introduction to computer technology as it relates to the World Wide Web. Robert J. Dilligan provides everything professionals need to use the Web effectively, from the theory of computing to the history of the Web, with clear discussions of programming, networks, HTML, and Web publishing. Generous illustrations preview what to expect on screen. Sample programs and exercises generally work on either PC or MAC platforms; where that is not the case, alternate material is provided over the Web, along with software written specifically for the book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306459728
• ISBN 13: 9780306459726
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356