Visualizing Technology

by Debra Geoghan

This book is unlike anything you've seen before. You won't find long paragraphs of text that go on forever; instead you will find a highly visual layout with bite-sized chunks of texts, images used to represent concepts, making them easy to remember, chapters organized as articles with catchy headlines, and a Facebook page to stimulate and foster discussion. What is a computer? Hardware. File Management. Digital Devices and Multimedia. Application Software. System Software. The Internet and World Wide Web. Communicating and The Social Web. Networks and Communication. Security and Privacy. Databases. Software and Application Development. Blogger. Mind Maps. Google Docs. MARKET : With an innovative and easy to read writing style, Visualizing Technology teaches readers the basics of using a computer, from File Management to Hardware and Software and the Internet.

527 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 2010

Reviews

[Ietrio]

Maybe moving from explaining a text editor and file extensions to talking about programming languages and mobile development is too much in one go.

[Reginald Lawrence]

haven't read all of it yet

[Janet]

This is a very good book for an introduction to computer technology. Current and up-to-date information.

[Peter LLaguno]

Very basic almost insulting that it was required reading at the University level. Perhaps others may find some value, I did not.

[Peter LLaguno]

Very basic almost insulting that it was required reading at the University level. Reviewing course work for introductory students and was surprised to see this book remains on the required reading list for CS students... little has change and it is still too basic IMO for CS students