Computer Confluence: Exploring Tomorrow's Technology (4th Edition) - Softcover

Beekman, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130322792 ISBN 13: 9780130322791

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2000

Synopsis

The standard version of Computer Confluence combines three information sources an illustrated book, a multimedia CD-ROM, and an up-to-the-minute Companion Website to explore the promises and challenges of information technology, its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future. Topics include Computer Security and Risks, Inside the Internet and Web, and Calculation, Visualization and Simulation. For professionals in the information technology field.

About this title

From the Back Cover

* 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: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130322792
• ISBN 13: 9780130322791
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 572