Explores the promises and challenges of information technology, along with its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future. Tomorrow's Technology and You explores information technology on three levels:
- Explanations: Clearly explains what a computer is and what it can (and can't) do; it clearly explains the basics of information technology, from multimedia PCs to the Internet and beyond.
- Applications: Illustrates how computers and networks are-and will be-used as practical tools to solve a wide variety of problems.
- Implications: Puts technology in a human context, illustrating how digital devices and networks affect our lives, our world, and our future.
Chapter 1 Our Digital Planet
Chapter 2 Hardware Basics: Inside the Box
Chapter 3 Hardware Basics: Peripherals
Chapter 4 Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine
Chapter 5 Productivity Applications
Chapter 6 Graphics, Digital Media, and Multimedia
Chapter 7 Database Applications and Privacy Implications
Chapter 8 Networking and Digital Communication
Chapter 9 The Evolving Internet
Chapter 10 Computer Security and Risks
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