Philippine Christian University

Includes glossary and index.

ORIENTATION -- Section A: Getting Started -- Section B: Documents, Browsers, and E-mail -- Section C: Security and Privacy -- Section D: BookOnCD -- Section E: NP9 Web Site -- CHAPTER 1: Computer, Internet, Web, and E-Mail Basics -- Section A: Computer Basics -- Section B: Internet Basics -- Section C: Web Basics -- Section D: E-Mail Basics -- TechTalk: The Boot Process -- Issue: E-Mail Privacy -- Labs -- Computers in Context: Marketing -- Review Activities -- Review on the Web -- CHAPTER 2: Computer Hardware -- Section A: Data Representation and Digital Electronics -- Section B: Microprocessors and Memory -- Section C: Storage Devices -- Section D: In t and Output Devices -- TechTalk: How a Microprocessor Executes Instructions -- Issue: Computers and the Environment -- Computers in Context: Military -- Labs -- Review Activities -- Review on the Web -- CHAPTER 3: Computer Software -- Section A: Software Basics -- Section B: Operating Systems and Utilities -- Section C: Application Software -- Section D: Buying and Installing Software -- TechTalk: The Windows Registry -- Issue: Software Piracy -- Computers in Context: Journalism -- Labs -- Review Activities -- Review on the Web -- CHAPTER 4: File Management, Virus Protection, and Backup -- Section A: File Basics -- Section B: File Management -- Section C: Computer Viruses -- Section D: Data Backup -- TechTalk: File Formats -- Issue: Computer Crime -- Computers in Context: Law Enforcement -- Labs -- Review Activities -- Review on the Web -- CHAPTER 5: Internet and LAN Technology -- Section A: Network Building Blocks -- Section B: Local Area Networks -- Section C: Internet Technology -- Section D: Internet Access -- TechTalk: Internet Access Security -- Computers in Context: Education -- Labs -- Review Activities -- Review on the Web -- CHAPTER 6: Web Pages, Web Sites, and E-Commerce -- Section A: Web Technology -- Section B: Basic Web Page Authoring -- Section C: Web Page Extensions, Scripts, and Programs -- Section D: E-Commerce -- TechTalk: Encryption -- Issue: Censorship on the Web -- Computers in Context: Fashion Industry -- Labs -- Review Activities -- Review on the Web -- CHAPTER 7: Digital Media -- Section A: Bitmap Graphics -- Section B: Vector and 3-D Graphics -- Section C: Digital Video -- Section D: Digital Audio -- TechTalk: Data Compression -- Issue: Digital Rights Management -- Computers in Context: Film -- Labs -- Review Activities -- Review on the Web

Accompanying BookOnCD contains the entire contents of the textbook with figures that come to life as videos, software tours, and animations. Includes also labs and computer-scored practice tests.