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This Brief Edition, containing the first eight chapters of Using Computers: A Gateway to Information, provides the most current introduction to computers ever published. Numerous photographs and computer-drawn illustrations show how computers work and the use of computers in the real world. With an emphasis on personal computers, this text presents the latest in computer technology, including networks, multimedia, virtual reality, the Internet, and unique In The Lab section at the end of each chapter provides laboratory exercises allowing students to acquire Windows and DOS skills. The Shelly Cashman Series Interactive Labs, developed specifically for this book, are hands-on exercises that use the computer to learn about the computer.
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Gary B. Shelly wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. More than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman Series' textbooks have been sold. Gary and a talented group of contributing authors have produced books on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software that are the leading textbooks in the computer technology market today. Gary has hosted the annual Shelly Cashman Institute, a week-long training event focusing on the latest topics in technology, for the past 34 years.
Thomas J. Cashman received his education at California State University, Los Angeles. He established one of the first business data processing programs in the U.S. at Long Beach City College in California, where he taught and served as department head. In 1969, he began collaborating with now best-selling author, Gary Shelly.
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