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100 1 _aBeekman, George.
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245 1 0 _aTomorrows technology and you /
_c George Beekman, Michael J. Quinn.
250 _aIntroductory version, 8th ed.
260 _aUpper Saddle River, N.J. :
_b Pearson Prentice Hall,
_c 2006.
300 _axvi, 438 p. :
_b col. ill. ;
_c 28 cm.
500 _aRev. ed. of: Computer confluence : tomorrow’s technology and you / George Beekman, Michael J. Quinn.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aComputer 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
520 3 _aCompletely 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.
650 0 _aComputer science.
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650 0 _aInformation technology.
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700 1 _aQuinn, Michael J.
_q (Michael Jay)
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730 0 _aComputer confluence.
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