Supplementary Material
Supplementary Class Notes
Based on Computers: Tools for an Information Age, by H. L. Capron
Note: These notes, based on the supplementary text by H. L. Capron are organized by topic. Please keep in mind the material presented here are not based on the material directly presented in class, rather they are provided here as a complement to the lectures and as a quick reference on some of the topic discussed in class.
- Overview of a Computer System: Hardware, Software, and People
- The Central Processing Unit: What Goes on Inside the Computer
- Input and Output: The User Connection
- Storage Devices and Stored Data: Just the Facts
- Operating Systems: Software in the Background
- Word Processing and Desktop Publishing
- Spreadsheets and Business Graphics: Facts and Figures
- Database Management Systems: Getting Data Together
- Communications: Computer Connections
- Programming and Languages: Telling the Computer What to Do
- Systems Analysis and Design: The Big Picture
- Modern Trends in the Workplace: Expert Systems, Robotics, and Virtual Reality