Chapter
Contents
1
Introduction to Computer-based Information Systems
2
Hardware: Input, Processing, Output, and Storage Devices
;
The Boot Process
3
Software: Systems and Applications Packages
4
Telecommunications and Networks
5
Word Processing
and
Spreadsheet Applications
6
Database Applications
7
Business Information Systems
8
Security, Privacy, Environmental, and Ethical Issues
9
Issues and Trends: The Impack of Computers