Introduction to Computers

1. WHAT IS COMPUTER ?

1.1. Data and Information

1.2. Information Processing Cycle

2. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING COMPUTERS

3. COMPUTER SOFTWARE

3.1. System Software

3.2. Application Software

3.3. Installing and Running Programs

4. PERSONAL COMPUTERS

4.1. Desktop Computers

5. GAME CONSOLES

6. SERVERS

7. SUPERCOMPUTERs

8. EMBEDDED COMPUTERS

9. EXAMPLES OF COMPUTER USAGE

9.1. Home User

9.2. Small Office/Home User

9.3. Power User

9.4. Large User

9.5. Putting It All Together

10. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SOCIETY

10.1. Education

10.2. Finance

10.3. Government

10.4. Health Care

10.5. Science

10.6. Publishing

10.7. Travel

10.8. Manufacturing

11. A WORLD OF COMPUTERS

12. THE COMPONENT OF A COMPUTER

12.1. Input Devices

12.2. Output Devices

12.3. System Units

12.4. Storage Devices

12.5. Communications Devices

13. NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET

13.1. The Internet

14. CATEGORIES OF COMPUTERS

15. MOBILE COMPUTERS AND MOBILE DEVICES

15.1. Notebook Computers

15.2. Mobile Devices

16. MAINFRAMES

17. ELEMENT OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM

18. CHAPTER SUMMARY

19. HIGH-TECH TALK

19.1. Analog versus Digital Making the Conversion

20. TECHNOLOGY TRAILBLAZERS

20.1. Bill Gates

20.2. Anne Mulcachy