Introducing Computers

Without sacrificing coverage of such important fundamental concepts as history, ethics, information systems and systems analysis, this introductory textbook features detailed coverage of recent technological advances in hardware - image scanners, laptop computer displays, reduced instruction set computers, fascimile machines, robotics and factory automation, CIM, the Intel 80486 and Motorola 68040 microprocessors. Various types of software are also described: OS/2 and other operating systems, personal information managers, HyperCard, SQL, QBE, the client/server model and distributed databases.