Computer Studies
3rd Edition
Published on 15. August 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
500 pages
978-1-870941-41-9 (ISBN)
Description
This text aims to satisfy the GCSE and equivalent level, computer studies textbook requirement. The contents of this text have been revised and updated. For topics concerning hardware and its uses, this has required a change in emphasis to reflect the more up-to-date methods incorporated in the examinations. New material has also been introduced in the areas of databases, 4GLs, software packages and methods of applications development. A free lecturers' supplement is also available.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Adult education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-870941-41-9 (9781870941419)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Using computers; applications of computers; spread-sheets; information storage and retrieval; document processing; application areas; data and programs; data types and data representation; number bases; designing small programs; data structures and files; simple logic; hardware features and uses; hardware overview; interactive devices; input and output devices; storage devices; choice of hardware; communications systems; how the computer works; arithmetic; logic and control; elements of the computer; the computer's own language; systems architecture; software and programming; software types; further programming methods; low level languages; high level languages; databases and 4GLs; operating systems; further applications; batch processing; interactive processing; control and manufacturing; development of applications; computers in perspective; computers in the organization; origins of modern computers; social and economic aspects; appendices.