Computing Essentials 2015 allows you to Make IT Work for You through relevant explorations, ethics and environment sections throughout each chapter. Current examples, references and exercises allow students to be successful in understanding today's role of Computer Information Technology. This definitive approach provides the essentials students need while bringing them a full digital solution through Connect CIT. Connect CIT is an online learning and assessment platform that engages today's students and helps them apply the key concepts they are learning.

O'Leary; Computing Essentials 2015: Make IT Work for You! Additional instructor and student resources can be found on the text's Online Learning Center: www.mhhe.com/ce2015.

1 Information Technology, the Internet, and You

2 The Internet, the Web, and Electronic Commerce

3 Application Software

4 System Software

5 The System Unit

6 Input and Output

7 Secondary Storage

8 Communications and Networks

9 Privacy, Security, and Ethics

10 Information Systems

11 Databases

12 Systems Analysis and Design

13 Programming and Languages

The Evolution of the Computer Age

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