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Using Information Technology: A Practical Introduction to Computers and Communications, 5/e
Brian K. Williams
Stacey Sawyer

INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Mind Tools for Your Future

Key Questions

You should be able to answer the following questions.

1.1 Infotech Becomes Commonplace: Cellphones, E-Mail, the Internet, & the E-World How does information technology facilitate e-mail, networks, and the use of the Internet and the Web; what is the meaning of the term cyberspace?

1.2 The "All-Purpose Machine": The Varieties of Computers What are the five sizes of computers, and what are clients and servers?

1.3 Understanding Your Computer: What If You Custom-Ordered Your Own PC? What four basic operations do all computers follow, and what are some of the devices associated with each operation? How does communications affect these operations?

1.4 Where Is Information Technology Headed? What are three directions of computer development and three directions of communications?





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