The essential guide to computing
An overview of the industry covers the history of computing technology, state of the art hardware, software development, and network communications infrastructures, protocols, and applications. This essential guide to computing demystifies the digital society with an explanation of computer, network...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
Prentice Hall
c2001.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Essential guide series (Prentice-Hall, inc.)
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627245006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1 : Computer hardware
- Core of computing : how the key elements of hardware work together
- Memory, storage, and input/output
- Computer monitors and graphics systems
- Silicon economics
- Part 2 : Software
- Fundamentals of the operating system
- Evolution of the operating system
- Microcomputer operating systems
- Programming, object oriented technology, and software development
- Databases, applications, and software reliability
- Part 3 : Networks and the Internet
- Digital vs. analog : communications basics
- Network fundamentals
- Types of networks
- Client/server concepts
- Internet and network security.
