Using Information Technology Complete Edition Book

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Mind Tools for Your Future

1.1
Infotech Becomes Commonplace: Cellphones, E-Mail, the Internet, & the E-World

1.2
The “All-Purpose Machine”: The Varieties of Computers

1.3
Understanding the Computer: Pretending to Build Your Own PC

1.4
Where Is Information Technology Headed?

1.5
Infotech Becomes Commonplace: Cellphones, E-Mail, the Internet, & the E-World 

1.6
The “All-Purpose Machine”: The Varieties of Computers 

1.7
Understanding Your Computer: What If You Custom-Ordered Your Own PC? 

1.8
Where Is Information Technology Headed? 

CHAPTER 2 THE INTERNET & THE WORLD WIDE WEB: Exploring Cyberspace

2.1
Choosing Your Internet Access Device & Physical Connection: The Quest for Broadband

2.2
Choosing Your Internet Service Provider (ISP)

2.3
Sending & Receiving E-Mail

2.4
The World Wide Web

2.5
The Online Gold Mine: More Internet Resources, Your Personal Cyberspace, E-Commerce, & the E-conomy

CHAPTER 3 APPLICATION SOFTWARE: Tools for Thinking & Working More Productively

3.1 Application Software: Getting Started 

3.2 Common Features of Software

3.3 Word Processing 

3.4
Spreadsheets 

3.5
Database Software 

3.6
Specialty Software 

CHAPTER 4 SYSTEM SOFTWARE: Power Behind the Power

4.1 The Components of System Software 

4.2 The Operating System: What It Does 

4.3 Other System Software: Device Drivers & Utility Programs 

4.4 CommonOperating Systems 

4.5 The OS of the Future: “The Network Is the Computer” 

4.6 Online Software &Application Service Providers: Turning Point for the Software Industry 

CHAPTER 5 HARDWARE—THE CPU & STORAGE: How to Buy a Multimedia Computer System

5.1 Microchips, Miniaturization, & Mobility 

5.2 The System Unit 

5.3
Secondary Storage 

5.4 Future Developments in Processing & Storage 

CHAPTER 6 HARDWARE—INPUT & OUTPUT: Taking Charge of Computing and Communications

6.1 Input & Output 

6.2 Input Hardware 

6.3
Output Hardware 

6.4 The Future of Input & Output 

6.5 Input & Output Technology & Quality of Life: Health & Ergonomics 

CHAPTER 7 TELECOMMUNICATIONS—NETWORKS & COMMUNICATIONS: The “New Story” in Computing

7.1
From the Analog to the Digital Age 

7.2
The Practical Uses of Communications 

7.3 Communications Channels: The Conduits of Communications 

7.4 Factors Affecting How Data Is Transmitted

7.5
Networks 

7.6
The Future of Communications 

7.7
Cyberethics: Controversial Material, Privacy, & Intellectual Property 

CHAPTER 8 E-COMMERCE, FILES, & DATABASES: Digital Engines for the New Economy

8.1 Managing Files: Basic Concepts 

8.2 Database Management Systems 

8.3 Database Models 

8.4 Features of a Database Management System 

8.5 Databases & the New Economy: E-Commerce, Data Mining, & B2B Systems 

8.6 The Ethics of Using Storage & Databases: Concerns about Accuracy & Privacy 

CHAPTER 9 THE CHALLENGES OF THE DIGITAL AGE: Society & Information Technology Today

9.1 Security Issues: Threats to Computers & Communications Systems 

9.2
Security: Safeguarding Computers & Communications 

9.3
Quality-of-Life Issues: The Environment, Mental Health, & the Workplace 

9.4
Economic Issues: Employment & the Haves/Have-Nots 

9.5 The Digital Environment: Is There a Grand Design? 

CHAPTER 10 THE PROMISES OF THE DIGITAL AGE: Society & Information Technology Tomorrow

10.1 Emerging Global Telecommunications 

10.2 Artificial Intelligence 

10.3
Information & Education 

10.4 Health, Medicine, & Science 

10.5 Commerce & Money 

10.6 Entertainment & the Arts 

10.7 Government & Electronic Democracy 

10.8 Jobs & Careers  

CHAPTER 11 INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Information Management & Systems Development

11.1 Organizations Managers & Information  

11.2 Computer-Based Information Systems 

11.3 Systems Development: The Six Phases of Systems Analysis & Design  

APPENDIX SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: Programming & Languages