| Description |
xxii, 439 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART ONE Getting Started 1 -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding Information Technology 3 -- Chapter 2 Information and the Digital Domain 19 -- Chapter 3 Computing Basics 36 -- Chapter 4 Connecting to the Digital Domain 53 -- PART TWO Text and Numbers 75 -- Chapter 5 Creating Documents 77 -- Chapter 6 Numeric Processing 105 -- Chapter 7 Managing Information 122 -- PART THREE Sights and Sounds 137 -- Chapter 8 Digital Images 139 -- Chapter 9 Making Pictures with Computers 168 -- Chapter 10 The Sound and the Fury-Digital Style 197 -- PART FOUR Inside the Computer 223 -- Chapter 11 The Basic Organization of Computers. 225 -- Chapter 12 Storing Data on Your Computer 244 -- Chapter 13 Input and Output 266 -- PART FIVE Running the Show-Software 285 -- Chapter 14 Developing Applications. 287 -- Chapter 15 Operating Systems 302 -- PART SIX Networks 315 -- Chapter 16 Data Communications 317 -- Chapter 17 Local Area Networks 338 -- Chapter 18 The Internet 359 -- Chapter 19 Internet Applications: Raising the Bar 377 -- PART SEVEN Putting Information to Work 393 -- Chapter 20 Packaging Information: Data Compression and Security 395 -- Chapter 21 Emerging Digital Technologies 411 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Multimedia systems.
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Computer networks.
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| Author |
Allen, J. Thomas, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2003113927 |
| ISBN |
0534407072 |
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