Labels:book | bulletin board | hakham | lodestone | reckoner | shelf OCR: PREFACE xxiii FROM THE AUTHORS Many of today' students have substantially more practical experience with computers than their counterparts of years ago, and yet other students enter college with inadequate technology preparation. The of New Perspectives on Computer Concepts is bring every student up to speed with computer basics, and then go beyond basic computer literacy to pro- vide students with technical information that a college- educated person would be expected to know. In producing the 2010 edition of this very popular textbook we incorporated significant technology trends that affect computing and everyday life Concerns for data security, personal privacy, and online safety, controversy over digital rights management, interest open source software and portable applications, the p ...
