TY - BOOK AU - Beekman,George AU - Quinn,Michael J. TI - Tomorrows technology and you / SN - 0132297213 U1 - 004 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : PB - Pearson Prentice Hall, KW - Computer science KW - Information technology N1 - Rev. ed. of: Computer confluence : tomorrow’s technology and you / George Beekman, Michael J. Quinn; Includes index; Computer Currents and Internet Waves -- Hardware Basics: Inside the Box -- Hardware Basics: Peripherals -- Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine -- Basic Productivity Applications -- Graphics, Digital Media, and Multimedia -- Database Applications and Privacy Implications -- Networking and Telecommunication -- Inside the Internet and the World Wide Web -- Living with Computers -- Computer Security and Risks N2 - Completely updated, Tomorrow’s Technology and You, Ninth Edition provides you with an understanding of information technology so you can successfully navigate change and advance into the future -- Today we’re standing at the junction of three powerful and rapidly evolving technological forces: computers, communications, and digital entertainment. Computer technology is showing up in everything from automobiles to home appliances to telephones to televisions, and the lines that separate these machines are fading. This digital convergence is rapidly—and radically—altering the world in which we live ER -