Information Technology: The Breaking Wave with Pace CD-Rom
Published on 16. January 1998
Book
978-0-07-561321-3 (ISBN)
Description
Information Technology: The Breaking Wave is intended for the Introductory Computing course at community colleges, four year colleges, universities, and proprietary institutions. The market for shorter concepts books, like Curtin, is growing as faculty struggle to spend more time on applications without increased contact hours.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
697 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-561321-3 (9780075613213)
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Persons
Dennis Curtin has been involved in college publishing for over 25 years, holding various positions including sales rep, acquisitions editor, editorial director, and editor in chief. He has written two application software series for Prentice Hall: the Compass and Pictorial series. He has worked with Foley, Sen, and Morin on an interactive project called Program Assisted Learning (PAL), also from PH.
Content
Chapter 1:The Internet and the World Wide WebChapter 2:Information Technology Today: An OverviewChapter 3:The Computer: An Inside ViewChapter 4:Input and OutputChapter 5:Secondary StorageChapter 6:Software: An IntroductionChapter 7:Word Processing and Desktop PublishingChapter 8:Spreadsheets and DatabasesChapter 9:Communications: The Electronic WebChapter 10:MultimediaChapter 11:Information Technology in BusinessChapter 12:Programs: Behind the CurtainChapter 13:Personal, Social, and Ethical Issues