Toc: Content: Front Matter, Pages ii-iiiCopyright, Page ivDedication, Page vPreface, Pages xxi-xxivIntroduction to Introduction, Pages 1,1aChapter 1 - The Information Revolution, Pages 2-19Chapter 2 - The Evolution of Computers, Pages 20-43Introduction to Hardware, Pages 45,45aChapter 3 - The Processor, Pages 46-71Chapter 4 - Input: Gateway to the Computer, Pages 72-99Chapter 5 - Output: Getting Results from Computers, Pages 100-131Chapter 6 - Secondary Storage, Pages 132-153Chapter 7 - Data Communications, Pages 154-181Introduction to Software, Pages 183,183aChapter 8 - Structured Programming, Pages 184-217Chapter 9 - Programming Languages, Pages 218-243Chapter 10 - Structured Systems Analysis and Design; Systems Acquisition, Pages 244-271Chapter 11 - Database Management Systems, Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Pages 272-305Chapter 12 - Operating Systems, Pages 306-329Introduction to Computers in Business, Pages 331,331aChapter 13 - Personal Computing, Pages 332-367Chapter 14 - Office Automation, Pages 368-395Chapter 15 - Electronic Funds Transfer Systems, Security, Privacy, and Computer Crime, Pages 396-419Introduction to Computers in Society, Pages 421,421aChapter 16 - Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Pages 422-447Chapter 17 - Computers and Medicine, Pages 448-463Chapter 18 - Computers and the Handicapped, Pages 464-487Chapter 19 - Computers and Transportation, Pages 488-507Appendix A - BASIC Programming, Pages 509-567Appendix B - Number Systems, Pages 569-582Appendix C - The Computing Profession, Pages 583-604Glossary, Pages 605-621Trademarks, Page 622Illustration Credits, Pages 623-627Index, Pages 629-638