TY - BOOK AU - Capron, H. L. TI - Computers: Tools for an Information Age SN - 9780201612110 AV - QA76.5 .C363 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - New Jersey PB - Prentice Hall KW - Computers N1 - Includes Index; Photo essay: the age of information -- Computer hardware: meeting the machine -- Computer software applications software and operating systems -- The central processing unit:what goes on inside a computer -- Input and output: the user connection -- Storage and multimedia: the facts and more -- Networking: computers connections -- The internet: a resource for all of us -- The internet in business corporations, small businesses and entrepreneurs -- Writing your own webpage: using HTML or frontpage -- Security and privacy: computers and the internet -- Word processing and desktop publishing: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 -- Glossary. ER -