Computers : Tools for an information age /

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The age of information -- Computer hardware meeting the machine -- Computer software: applications, softwares and operating systems -- The central processing unit: what goes on inside the computer -- Input and output: the user connection -- Storage and multimedia: the facts and more -- Networking: computer connections -- The Internet: a resource for all of us -- The internet in business: corporations, small businesses and entrepreneurs -- Writing your own web page: using HTML or frontpage -- Security and privacy:computers and the internet -- Word processing and desktop publishing and printing it -- Spreadsheets and business graphics: facts and figures -- Database management systems: getting data together -- Programming and languages: telling the computer what to do -- Systems analysis and design: the big picture -- Management information systems: classical models and new approaches -- The cutting edge: expert systems , robotics and virtual reality -- History and industry: the continuing story of the computer age.