Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow - Softcover

Understanding Computers has been written and designed to make use of the Internet's power. Throughout each chapter users will find "Web Tutor" icons in the margins directing them to the Parker web site for multimedia-enhanced tutorials. "Further Exploration" icons point to articles and sites with more in-depth information on a given topic.

In this exciting new edition, Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow provides a truly interactive approach to learning computers with a text that is fully integrated with a completely revised and multimedia-enhanced companion web site. For instructors who want to progress to the next level, a full-content online course, Introduction to Computers, Version 2, is also available that can be packaged with the text or sold stand-alone.

A perfect introduction for those wanting to learn more about the ever-evolving world of computers, Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow exemplifies everything that is exciting in today's multimedia enhanced society. In an engaging lively style, Charlie Parker details the computer's origins, its present influence and its future in global terms.