Personal Computers for Technology Students
Published on 28. August 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
586 pages
978-0-13-020791-3 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in PC Hardware and PC Troubleshooting and Repair.
Geared toward the dominant IBM compatible computers, this student-friendly text covers hardware terminology, operation, upgrade, troubleshooting, diagnostics, and basic repair. It teaches skills, provides learning devices, and contains required knowledge for building and maintaining PCs at a level that technically minded individuals can easily comprehend. It emphasizes the most popular operating systems used in today's PCs (along with their configuration), and communication with other computer literate people.
Geared toward the dominant IBM compatible computers, this student-friendly text covers hardware terminology, operation, upgrade, troubleshooting, diagnostics, and basic repair. It teaches skills, provides learning devices, and contains required knowledge for building and maintaining PCs at a level that technically minded individuals can easily comprehend. It emphasizes the most popular operating systems used in today's PCs (along with their configuration), and communication with other computer literate people.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-020791-3 (9780130207913)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Basic Electricity and Electronics.
1. Computer Numbering Systems and Terminology.
2. Microcomputer Basics.
3. The Microprocessors and the Compatible Computer.
4. Evolution of the PC and the Expansion Bus.
5. Operating System Basics, Including MS-DOS and Windows 3.X.
6. Windows 95/98/2000.
7. PC Random-Access Memory.
8. BIOS and the CMOS.
9. Input/Output.
10. Mass Storage Basics.
11. Hard Disk Drives.
12. Video Adapters and Monitors.
13. Printers.
14. Computer Network Basics.
15. Diagnostics.
16. Interrupt and DMA Basics.
Appendices.
List of Acronyms.
Glossary.
Index.
1. Computer Numbering Systems and Terminology.
2. Microcomputer Basics.
3. The Microprocessors and the Compatible Computer.
4. Evolution of the PC and the Expansion Bus.
5. Operating System Basics, Including MS-DOS and Windows 3.X.
6. Windows 95/98/2000.
7. PC Random-Access Memory.
8. BIOS and the CMOS.
9. Input/Output.
10. Mass Storage Basics.
11. Hard Disk Drives.
12. Video Adapters and Monitors.
13. Printers.
14. Computer Network Basics.
15. Diagnostics.
16. Interrupt and DMA Basics.
Appendices.
List of Acronyms.
Glossary.
Index.