The Essential Guide to Computer Hardware

James Edward Keogh Jim Keogh

ISBN 10: 0130620130 / ISBN 13: 9780130620132

Edité par Prentice-Hall, 2001

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pp. xx + 442. N° de réf. du vendeur 263111839

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Titre : The Essential Guide to Computer Hardware

Éditeur : Prentice-Hall

Date d'édition : 2001

Reliure : Couverture souple

Etat : Used

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Book by Keogh Jim

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The easy, 100% non-technical introduction to computers and networks!

Don't understand computers? Or Palms, or wireless phones, or digital cameras, or all those other new technologies? You're not alone! Here's your solution: Jim Keogh's easy, math-free, up-to-the-minute introduction to computers and communications. Jim Keogh starts with the elementary school science you need to understand how computers and networks work. From there, you'll follow a clear, easy path to understanding all of today's most important new computer and network technologies—and tomorrow's!

• How we got here: a brief, easy history of computer hardware
• A tour of the inside of your PC
• Computer hardware components: processors, memory, storage, and more
• Printers: how they work, and which one's right for you
• Connecting to modems and the Internet
• Input: from mice and keyboards to graphics tablets and speech recognition
• All you need to know about audio: sound cards, speakers, headphones, and more
• Capturing images: digital cameras, Webcams, digital video, and scanners
• Wireless: cell phones, messaging, PDAs, and notebook PC solutions
• The computer and Internet business: movers and shakers
• What's on the horizon: tomorrow's technologies, tomorrow's players

Whether you need to use technology, buy technology, manage technology, or simply understand technology, The Essential Guide to Computer Hardware is your perfect quick-start briefing!