Computers Information Technology in Perspective

This work is an introductory course in computers and information technology, or in computer competency, often offered in Business, CIS, or Computer Science. Designed to aid the competency needs of students, this text/supplements package provides an overview of computing concepts and IT applications - all in a format that allows instructors the flexibility to meet their course's education objectives. It aims to strike a balance between efficiency of presentation and content that holds the student's interest and invites learning. Only topics critical to general information technology competency are covered in order to provide the breadth of topics necessary to the understanding that is applicable today and in the future. The text includes an extended presentation of ethics in IT, and explores IT laboratories.