Computer Confluence: Exploring Tomorrows Technology

Beekman, George

ISBN 10: 0201339455 / ISBN 13: 9780201339451

Published by Addison-Wesley, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computer Confluence: Exploring Tomorrows Technology
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201339455
• ISBN 13: 9780201339451
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: VeryGood

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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.

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.