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  title info:
    title: Students' guide to information technology
  name:
    name part: Carter, Roger
    name part: 1939-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 1993
    edition: Second edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: Students' Guide to Information Technology.
  table of contents: Front Cover; Students' Guide to Information Technology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The information revolution; Scenario; What is information?; Four kinds of information; Information processing; What is information technology?; IT devices; The IT revolution; The impact of the IT revolution; IT and employment; Chapter 2. Computers; Scenario; What is a computer?; Computer hardware; Microprocessors; How a microprocessor handles information; Binary numbers; Microprocessors and logic; Arithmetic and logic gates; Logic circuits; Microprocessors and computers.
  table of contents: Neural networksDigital signal processors; Processing speeds; Computer memory; Types of computer; The evolution of the personal computer; Chapter 3. Computer peripherals and applications; Scenario; Using a computer; Input devices; Storage devices; Output devices: monitors; Output devices: printers; The benefits of computers; The uses of computers; Chapter 4. Computer software; Scenario; The importance of software; What is software?; How software works; Programming languages; Software reliability; Program specification; Declarative languages; Object-oriented languages; System software.
  table of contents: Operating systemsHow the operating system organizes the disk; Operating system commands; Operating environments; Windows; Using Windows; Other environments for PCs; Utilities; Application software; Features of application packages; Chapter 5. Technical convergence; Scenario; Technological convergence; Analogue and digital information; Audio and video systems; Technological convergence in audio systems; Technological convergence in video systems; Multimedia; Interactive video; Compact discs; Compact disc for multimedia applications; Data compression; Virtual reality systems.
  table of contents: Chapter 6. CommunicationsScenario; What do we mean by communications?; How do electromagnetic communications work?; Technological convergence and communications; Fibre optics; The telecommunications problem; Carrier waves and modulation; Multiplexing; Modems; Communications systems and networks; Inter-computer communications; Local area networks; Circuit-switched networks; Packet-switched networks; The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model; Broadcast networks; Telecommunications services; On-line databases and bulletin boards; Electronic data interchange.
  table of contents: Chapter 7. Information systemsScenario; Introduction to information systems; The systems project life cycle; Systems analysis; The essential model; Reasons for using graphical modelling tools; The statement of purpose; The context diagram; The event list; Dataflow diagrams; The entity-relationship diagram; The data dictionary; Process specifications; Designing and implementing the system; Chapter 8. IT in the office; Scenario; Office automation; The benefits and implications of office automation; Office automation systems; Office automation and the paperless office; Database software.
  note: Roger Carter.
  note: Includes index.
  subject:
    topic: Information technology
  subject:
    topic: Technologie de l'information
  subject:
    topic: information technology
  subject:
    topic: COMPUTERS
    topic: Computer Literacy
  subject:
    topic: COMPUTERS
    topic: Computer Science
  subject:
    topic: COMPUTERS
    topic: Data Processing
  subject:
    topic: COMPUTERS
    topic: Hardware
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: COMPUTERS
    topic: Information Technology
  subject:
    topic: COMPUTERS
    topic: Machine Theory
  subject:
    topic: COMPUTERS
    topic: Reference
  subject:
    topic: Information technology
  subject:
    topic: Einführung
  subject:
    topic: Informatik
  classification: T58.5 .C37 1993eb
  classification: 004
  classification: DAT 001f
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      title: Students' guide to information technology
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      name part: Carter, Roger, 1939-
    origin info:
      edition: Second edition
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    identifier: (OCoLC)26933412
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  record info:
    record content source: OPELS
    record creation date: 141003
    record change date: 20260326210719.8
    record identifier: in00005756426
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng