Computer is fast becoming an essential part of human life and its influence is rising very rapidly. Its versatility has contributed to its wide spread use in almost all walks of life. The spread of computer education and the availability of hardware and software at affordable prices have contributed to its becoming popular even in the so called ‘third world countries’. Computer has already been extensively deployed in business firms, large and small, and it is gradually making its way into homes including lower middle class ones. Riding on this wave, business firms and governments are building up information technology infrastructure for electronic commerce and e-governance. This trend is likely to intensify in the future.
This book is written keeping in mind the uninitiated and the requirements of under graduate students who have to learn computer basics. The book gives an overview of computer, hardware, software, database and commercial applications.
The first five chapters of this book discuss the computer basics especially such topics as structure of computer, history of computer, computer memory, computer software and MS Windows. The sixth chapter presents flowcharting and program development. The seventh chapter discusses word processing and the eighth one presents MS Excel. The ninth chapter deals with database concepts and the tenth chapter is on MS Access. The eleventh chapter is on multimedia and the twelfth on discusses MS PowerPoint. Chapter thirteen deals with programming languages. Chapter fourteen discusses networking and chapter fifteen is on the Internet. The sixteenth chapter presents concepts of modern communications.
Contents –
1. Organization of Computer
2. Computer Memory
3. History of Computer
4. Computer Software
5. Microsoft Windows
6. Program Development
7. Word Processing
8. MS Excel
9. Database
10. MS Access
11. Multimedia
12. MS PowerPoint
13. Programming Languages
14. Networking
15. The Internet
16. Modern Communications
