About the Book
Peter Norton's Computing Fundamentals
5th Edition is a state-of-the-art text that provides comprehensive coverage
of computer concepts. It is geared toward students learning about computer
systems for the first time. Some of the topics covered are: an Overview
of computers, input methods and output devices, processing data, storage
devices, operating systems, software, networking, Internet resources, and
graphics.
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Table of Contents
UNIT 1: THE AMAZING COMPUTER
Section 1A: Introduction to Computer
Systems
Section 1B: Introduction to the Internet
UNIT 2: INTERACTING WITH YOUR COMPUTER
Section 2A: Standard Input Devices
Section 2B: Alternate Input Devices
UNIT 3: OUTPUT DEVICES
Section 3A: Monitors and Sound Systems
Section 3B: Devices That Output Hard
Copy
UNIT 4: PROCESSING DATA
Section 4A: Transforming Data Into
Information
Section 4B: CPUs Used in Personal
Computers
UNIT 5: STORING INFORMATION IN
A COMPUTER
Section 5A: Types of Storage Devices
Section 5B: Measuring and Improving
Drive Performance
UNIT 6: THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND
USER INTERFACE
Section 6A: Operating System Basics
Section 6B: PC Operating Systems
UNIT 7: NETWORKS AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS
Section 7A: Networking Basics
Section 7B: Networking the Home, the
Office, and the Globe
UNIT 8: THE INTERNET AND ONLINE
RESOURCES
Section 8A: Internet Basics
Section 8B: Getting Online, Working
Online
UNIT 9: APPLICATION SOFTWARE: WORD
PROCESSORS AND SPREADSHEETS
Section 9A: Word Processing and Desktop
Publishing Software
Section 9B: Spreadsheet Software
UNIT 10: APPLICATION SOFTWARE:
PRESENTATION PROGRAMS AND DATABASES
Section 10A: Presentation Programs
Section 10B: Database Management Systems
UNIT 11: GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA
Section 11A: Graphics and Graphics
Software
Section 11B: Understanding Multimedia
UNIT 12: DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
Section 12A: The Basics of Information
Systems
Section 12B: Building Information
Systems |
