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Gain a thorough understanding of today's sometimes daunting, ever-changing world of technology as you learn how to apply the latest technology to your academic, professional and personal life with TECHNOLOGY FOR SUCCESS: COMPUTER CONCEPTS. Written by a team of best-selling technology authors and based on extensive research and feedback from students like you, this edition breaks each topic into brief, inviting lessons that address the �what, why and how� behind digital? advancements to ensure deep understanding and application to today's real world. Optional online MindTap and SAM (Skills Assessment Manager) learning tools offer hands-on and step-by-step training, videos that cover the more difficult concepts and simulations that challenge you to solve problems in the actual world. You leave this course able to read the latest technology news and understand its impact on your daily life, the economy and society.

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New Perspectives on Computer Concepts provides the tools and technology to set the scene for classroom success. Revised to include new technologies, trends and a brand new companion Web site, it is by far, the most current, comprehensive computer concepts book out there. The new, more visual design will engage students without compromising content

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Get your copy today and take the first step towards mastering Computer Concepts & 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 This book is primarily designed for students preparing for various competitive examinations. It will also be helpful for those preparing for midterm exams in schools or universities. The aim of this book is twofold: first, to help the students preparing for competitive examina- tions, seeking admission to universities or schools, or prepare for job interviews. Second, it will also be helpful for those studying COMPUTER CONCEPTS & APPLICATIONS. This book contains more than 19902 questions from the core areas of COMPUTER CONCEPTS & APPLICATIONS. The questions are grouped chapter-wise. There are total 16 chapters, 107 sections and 19902+ MCQ with answers. This reference book provides a single source for multiple choice questions and answers in COMPUTER CONCEPTS & APPLICA- TIONS. It is intended for students as well as for developers and researchers in the field. This book is highly useful for faculties and students. 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