Description:
Now available in Complete and Introductory versions, this introduction to computers textbook is one that students will engage with--maintaining an encyclopedic approach with a popular magazine style. It is refreshing, accurate, and easy to learn from–written to today's student. The Eighth Edition moves the emphasis to connectivity and includes loads of new research to ensure that the statistics in the book are current. This edition emphasizes emerging technologies while de-emphasizing older technologies.