Fluency With Information Technology, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (13 February 2017) © 2018

  • Lawrence Snyder University of Washington
  • Ray Henry
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Fluency with Information Technology teaches you how to become a computational thinker. Supported by examples and realistic problem-solving scenarios, the text shows you how to navigate IT independently and effectively use today's resources -- so you can successfully adapt to an ever-changing computing environment.

Table of contents

Brief Contents

I. Becoming Skilled at Computing

  1. Defining Information Technology
  2. Exploring the Human-Computer Interface
  3. The Basics of Networking
  4. A Hypertext Markup Language Primer
  5. Locating Information on the World Wide Web
  6. An Introduction to Debugging

II. Algorithms and Digitizing Information

  1. Representing Information Digitally
  2. Representing Multimedia Digitally
  3. Principles of Computer Operations
  4. Algorithmic Thinking

III. Data and Information

  1. Social Implications of IT
  2. Privacy and Digital Security
  3. The Basics of Spreadsheets
  4. Advanced Spreadsheets for Planning
  5. Introduction to Database Concepts
  6. A Case Study in Database Organization

IV. Problem Solving

  1. Fundamental Concepts Expressed in JavaScript
  2. A JavaScript Program
  3. Programming Functions
  4. Iteration Principles
  5. A Case Study in Algorithmic Problem Solving
  6. Limits to Computation
  7. A Fluency Summary

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