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Understanding information systems : what they do and why we need them /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ratzan, Lee
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : American Library Association, 2004.
Subjects:
Information science.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Computer science > Popular works.
Mathematics > Popular works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Describing information
  • Representing information
  • Organizing information
  • Retrieving information
  • Networking information
  • Securing information
  • Concealing information
  • Measuring information
  • Counting information
  • Numbering information
  • Managing information
  • The computer as an information system
  • The Internet as an information system
  • Music as an information system
  • Interpreting information : numbers as meanings
  • Counterintuitive information.