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Download your digital copy today and embark on a journey of comprehensive learning, practical insights, and mastery of fundamental computer concepts and applications. 1 Basic Computer Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 History of Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 Computer System Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1.3 Impact of Computers on Work Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 1.4 Information Systems vs. Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 2 Computer Hardware Components & Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 2.1 Computer System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 2.2 What is a Computer System Unit? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 2.3 Computer Memory and Processing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 2.4 What is a Computer Keyboard? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 2.5 What is a Motherboard? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 2.6 What Is a Video Card? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 2.7 What Is a Hard Drive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 2.8 External and Internal Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 2.9 Network Interface Card (NIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 2.10 Computer Output Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 3 Application & System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 3.1 What is Computer Software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 3.2 Systems Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 3.3 Application Software for Personal, Enterprise & Workgroup Objectives . . 269 3.4 Desktop Publishing & Word Processing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 3.5 Presentation Software & Graphic Suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 3.6 Multimedia Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 4 Operating Systems for Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 4.1 Computer Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 4.2 OS Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 4.3 What is a Graphical User Interface (GUI)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 4.4 Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 5 Telecommunications Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 5.1 The Components of a Telecommunications System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 5.2 Types of Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 5.3 Network Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 5.4 How Star, Bus, Ring & Mesh Topology Connect Computer Networks in Orga- nizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 5.5 Communication & Wireless Computing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 6 Understanding Computer Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 6.1 Computer Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 6.2 File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 6.3 File Extensions and File Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 7 Troubleshooting Computer Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 7.1 Computer Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 7.2 Identifying Hardware, Software & Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 7.3 Using Technical Support to Troubleshoot Computer Issues . . . . . . . . . . . 526 8 Web Browsers & Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 8.1 World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 8.2 The Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 8.3 What is Web Technology? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 8.4 Online Etiquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 9 Using Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 9.1 Basic Guide to Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 9.2 New Documents & Templates in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 9.3 Formatting Text in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 9.4 How to Format Margins in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710 9.5 Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710 9.6 How to Save & Share Microsoft Word Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 9.7 How to Review & Track Changes in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 9.8 Creating Headers & Footers in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 9.9 Creating a Custom Table of Contents in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 9.10 How to Insert Watermarks in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 9.11 Creating & Modifying Tables in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 9.12 How to Create Labels in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807 9.13 How to Use Mail Merge in Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 10 Using Microsoft Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 10.1 How to Add, Copy, and Move Worksheets Within Excel Workbooks . . . . 825 10.2 How to Modify the Worksheet Tab in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 10.3 Modifying Page Setup Properties in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986 10.4 How to Insert & Delete Columns & Rows in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997 10.5 Workbook Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 10.6 Adjusting Column Width & Row Height in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1052 10.7 How to Insert Headers & Footers in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082 10.8 Using Data Validation in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1094 10.9 Using the RIGHT, LEFT and MID Functions in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1096 10.10 Using the UPPER and LOWER Functions in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111 10.11 How to Use the CONCATENATE Function in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1132 11 Using Microsoft PowerPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1157 11.1 Beginner?s Guide to Using PowerPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1157 11.2 Using the File and Home Menus in PowerPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227 11.3 Using the Insert and Design Menus in PowerPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1237 11.4 Using the Transitions and Animations Menus in PowerPoint . . . . . . . . . 1260 11.5 Using the Drawing Tools and Format Features in PowerPoint . . . . . . . . 1277 11.6 How to Create a PowerPoint Presentation Using a Template . . . . . . . . . 1306 11.7 How to Create a Blank PowerPoint Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1338 11.8 How to Import Text Files into your PowerPoint Presentation . . . . . . . . 1353 11.9 Formatting Your PowerPoint Presentation Using Slide Masters and Layouts 1363 11.10 How to Modify Your PowerPoint Presentation?s Theme and Background 1381 11.11 Understanding Slide Orientation in PowerPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1394 12 Database Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1401 12.1 Types of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1401 12.2 Basics of Big Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1420 12.3 Database Concepts and Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1445 12.4 What is Database Management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1446 12.5 Cloud Computing and Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1476 12.6 Data Warehousing and Data Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1495 12.7 Database Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1519 12.8 Database Administration and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1520 13 Computer Programming Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1523 13.1 What Is Programming? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1523 13.2 Programming Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1612 13.3 Web Page Design and Programming Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1630 13.4 5 Basic Elements Of Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1635 13.5 Raspberry Pi Project Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1637 14 Systems Development & Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1651 14.1 Systems Development Methods and Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1651 14.2 Systems Development Life Cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1658 14.3 Application Development Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1673 14.4 Why is System Analysis Important? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1681 14.5 Analysis and Design Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1688 15 Computer Threats & Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1693 15.1 What is a Computer Virus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1693 15.2 What is a Hacker? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1710 15.3 What is a Denial of Service (DoS) Attack? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1722 15.4 What is Phishing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1723 15.5 What is Computer Security? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1730 15.6 Types of Computer Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1766 15.7 Computer Security Policies Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1804 15.8 Types of Network Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1807 15.9 What is a Firewall in Network Security? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1849 15.10 What is Internet Security? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1864 16 Technology?s Ethical, Legal & Privacy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1873 16.1 Intellectual Property and Open Source Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1873 16.2 Impact of Technology on Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1874 16.3 Information Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1881 16.4 Protecting Consumer Privacy Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1890 16.5 Using Privacy Settings in Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1893
