Information Technology
Published on 30. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-340-80437-7 (ISBN)
Description
Information technology is redefining the world in which we live. Organisation spend billions on it, and data about us is being stored on it and communicated across cyberspace by it. This book unravels the answers to all sorts of questions about how information technology works and the effects it is having on society.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Dimensions
Height: 128 mm
Width: 195 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-340-80437-7 (9780340804377)
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Persons
Dr Andrew Scott has been a science writer and broadcaster since 1981. He has written books for various publishers including Blackwells. He has considerable experience in radio journalism, especially for BBC Science Magazine. He is currently a part-time lecturer at Perth College and is writing a chemistry text book for McGraw-Hill
Content
Part 1 Key concepts of IT: communication; data; digital; system design; network. Part 2 What IT is: cyberspace; e-mail; Internet; multimedia; software; virtual reality; Windows. Part 3 How IT works - software: algorithm; ASCII; encryption; logical error; multi-tasking; program; software engineering; syntax; systems analysis; translation. Part 4 How IT works - hardware: binary; CPU; execution cycle; file security; input device; memory; optical fibre; virtual machine. Part 5 Uses of IT: applications of software; computer assisted design; cybernetics; simulation. Part 6 Key figures in IT: Apple; Clive Sinclair; Microsoft. Part 7 Ways of thinking about IT: cyberfeminism; global village; utopianism. Part 8 Effects of IT on society: digital divide; hackers; technical fix; time-space compression.