electronic data processing

Describes information technology (IT) which is the different ways that information--words, images, sounds, numbers--can be handled electronically utilizing computers and telecommunications.

Describes dozens of jobs that involve working with computers, including positions in systems analysis, computer programming, consulting, and marketing.

Explores the effects of computerization in a variety of fields on people's business, social, and personal lives, arguing that it limits choices, modes of control, and experiences with the real world.

Presents alphabetically arranged definitions of more than six thousand terms related to the Internet, Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, graphics, vendors, and various other computer-related topics, and also includes a CD-ROM version.

Traces the history and development of computing from the invention of the abacus to the creation of the binary system to the conceptual, scientific, and technical achievements that made modern computers possible.

Chronicles the history of modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the creation of the Internet, focusing on four key events, including the commercial use of the computer, the development of small systems, the beginnings of personal computing, and the spread of networking.

Examines ways we use computers in commerce, industry, medicine, transportation, police work, graphics, war, and space.

Examines various aspects of computer technology and the role computers play in modern life.