Computer Confluence: Exploring Tomorrow's Technology - Softcover

Beekman, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805304258 ISBN 13: 9780805304251

Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, Subs of Addison Wesley Longman, Inc, 2005

Synopsis

For introductory courses in computer concepts or computer literacy often including instruction in Microsoft Office.

 

Integrates three information sources–an illustrated textbook, a multimedia CD, and a Companion Website–with a lively writing style to explore the promises and challenges of information technology, its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future.

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: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, Subs of Addison Wesley Longman, Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805304258
• ISBN 13: 9780805304251
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2