Technology in ActionThis volume focuses on what tasks students can accomplish with their PC and what skills they can apply immediately in the workplace and at home. This introduction to computers and computing addresses topics such as -- examining why it's important to be computer fluent and how computers impact our society; examining the basic components of the computer; connecting to the Internet; exploring software; learning the operating system and personalizing the computer; evaluating and upgrading the PC; exploring home networking and keeping the computer safe from hackers; going mobile with cell phones, PDAs, Tablet PCs, and laptops; and going behind the scenes, looking at hardware in more detail. This work is packaged with a multimedia program on CD-ROM to reinforce the material taught in the text. |
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... users. Working in Technical Services Technical services jobs are vital to keeping IT systems running . The people in these jobs install and maintain the infrastructure behind the IT systems and work with end users to make sure they can ...
... users. Working in Technical Services Technical services jobs are vital to keeping IT systems running . The people in these jobs install and maintain the infrastructure behind the IT systems and work with end users to make sure they can ...
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... users with limited accounts from gaining access to your files and folders . FIGURE 8 This dialog box appears whenever a password is assigned to a user account in Windows XP . Selecting Yes , Make Private ensures that other users can't ...
... users with limited accounts from gaining access to your files and folders . FIGURE 8 This dialog box appears whenever a password is assigned to a user account in Windows XP . Selecting Yes , Make Private ensures that other users can't ...
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... users . By providing users with a beta version of soft- ware , programmers can collect information about the remaining errors in the code and make a final round of revisions before offi- cially releasing the program . What happens if ...
... users . By providing users with a beta version of soft- ware , programmers can collect information about the remaining errors in the code and make a final round of revisions before offi- cially releasing the program . What happens if ...
Contents
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Understanding the Parts | 40 |
Technology in Focus | 78 |
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