The Essential Guide to Computer Hardware (Essential Guide Series) - Softcover

Keogh, James Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130620130 ISBN 13: 9780130620132

Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr, 2001

Synopsis

Don't understand computers (or all the powerful technologies that go with them)? You're not alone. Here's your solution: The Essential Guide to Computer Hardware. It's a 100% non-technical, math-free introduction to every type of computer and communications hardware, from PCs to Palms, digital cameras to cell phones. Jim Keogh starts with the elementary-school science you need to understand how computers and networks work. From there, you'll follow a clear, straight path that leads you through the technology behind cell phones, PCs, personal digital assistants, mobile devices, digital cameras, CD-ROMs, hard disks, speech recognition, WebCams, networks, computer audio, computer video, and more. The final chapters focus on the business side of computer hardware. Keogh takes you on a tour of the movers and shakers who drive the business: companies you'll recognize from Wall Street, as well as exciting new companies that aren't yet household names -- but will be. An ideal resource for anyo

About this title

From the Back Cover

The easy, 100% non-technical introduction to computers and networks!

Don't understand computers? Or Palms, or wireless phones, or digital cameras, or all those other new technologies? You're not alone! Here's your solution: Jim Keogh's easy, math-free, up-to-the-minute introduction to computers and communications. Jim Keogh starts with the elementary school science you need to understand how computers and networks work. From there, you'll follow a clear, easy path to understanding all of today's most important new computer and network technologies—and tomorrow's!

• How we got here: a brief, easy history of computer hardware
• A tour of the inside of your PC
• Computer hardware components: processors, memory, storage, and more
• Printers: how they work, and which one's right for you
• Connecting to modems and the Internet
• Input: from mice and keyboards to graphics tablets and speech recognition
• All you need to know about audio: sound cards, speakers, headphones, and more
• Capturing images: digital cameras, Webcams, digital video, and scanners
• Wireless: cell phones, messaging, PDAs, and notebook PC solutions
• The computer and Internet business: movers and shakers
• What's on the horizon: tomorrow's technologies, tomorrow's players

Whether you need to use technology, buy technology, manage technology, or simply understand technology, The Essential Guide to Computer Hardware is your perfect quick-start briefing!

About the Author

JAMES KEOGH was among the first to introduce PC programming nationally, in his Programmer's Notebook column in Popular Electronics magazine, starting in 1982—only a few years after the Apple II was created in a garage. His Prentice Hall PTR books include Windows Programmer's Notebook and C++ Programmer's Notebook, Second Edition. Keogh chaired the e-Commerce track at Columbia University and is on the graduate school faculty at Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, NJ, where he teaches in the MIS/MBA program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130620130
• ISBN 13: 9780130620132
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 442