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Turban, Efraim.

Introduction to information technology / Efraim Turban, R. Kelly Rainer, Jr., Richard E. Potter. - New York : John Wiley, c2001. - 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes index

Information Technology in the Business Environment --
Introduction: Business and Information Technology --
Business in the Information Age: Pressures and Responses --
Reality Check: Why You Need to Know about Information Technology --
What Is an Information System? --
Reality Check II: Strategic Questions and Information Technology Answers --
Organizations and Information Technology Support --
Information Systems Infrastructure and Architecture --
Organizations: Structure and IT Support --
The Evolution and Types of Information Systems --
IT Support at Different Organizational Levels --
Managing Information Technology in Organizations --
Information Technology Infrastructure --
Computer Hardware --
The Significance of Hardware --
The Central Processing Unit --
Computer Memory --
Computer Hierarchy --
Input Technologies --
Output Technologies --
Strategic Hardware Issues --
Computer Software --
Software History and Significance --
Systems Software --
Application Software --
Software Issues --
Programming Languages --
Enterprise Software --
Managing Organizational Data and Information --
Basics of Data Arrangement and Access --
The Traditional File Environment --
Databases: The Modern Approach --
Database Management Systems --
Logical Data Models --
Data Warehouses --
Telecommunications and Networks --
The Telecommunications System --
Networks --
Network Communications Software --
Network Processing Strategies --
Telecommunications Applications --
The Internet and Intranets --
What Is the Internet?

ISBN: 0471170658 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISSN: 9780471170655

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Information technology.
Management information systems.

LC Class. No.: T58.5 / .T84