Using Information Technology, 6/e covers the fundamental computing concepts that are part of the digital age, including software, hardware, data, people, and procedures along with expanded coverage on Security and ethics. The text centers on educating today's technology consumer, using themes of ethics, the Internet, and communications to demonstrate how the changing world of technology influences our lives and the decisions we make.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Information Technology: Your Digital World
Chapter 2 The Internet & the World Wide Web: Exploring Cyberspace
Chapter 3 Application Software: For Your Productivity and Creativity
Chapter 4 System Software: The Power behind the Power
Chapter 5 Hardware: The CPU & Storage: How to Buy a Multimedia Computer System
Chapter 6 Hardware: Input &Output: Taking Charge of Computing & Communications
Chapter 7 Networks & Communications: The "New Story" in Computing
Chapter 8 Files, Databases, & E-Commerce: Digital Engines for the New Economy
Chapter 9 The Challenges of the Digital Age: Society &Information Technology Today
Chapter 10 The Promises of the Digital Age: Society &Information Technology Tomorrow
Chapter 11 Information Systems: Information: Information Management & Systems Development
Appendix A: Software Development: Programming & Languages
Appendix B: More About the Boot Process