Figures and tables
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Disclaimer
How to use this Glossary
Part A: How Computer Systems are Used
A1 General Computing Terms
Information Processing
Parts of the Computer System
A2 Using your computer
System software
Organising data
The size of things
Operation
A3 Word Processing and Text Manipulation
Software
Processes
Elements of print
Layout
Styles
A4 Graphics, Design and Digital Imaging
Image data formats
Graphic design applications
Digital still imaging
Digital video
A5 Sound
Characteristics of sound
Sound processing
Devices
A6 User Interface and Documentation
Graphical interfaces
Other interface styles
Set up documentation
A7 Commercial Data Processing (DP)
A8 Spreadsheets
A9 Data Handling and Information Retrieval
A10 Modelling and Simulation
A11 Internet
Accessing the Internet
Organising the Internet
WorldWideWeb
Electronic mail
Other Internet applications
Internet problems
A12 Networking
A13 Control and Monitoring
Virtual reality
A14 Artificial or Machine Intelligence
A15 Computer Personnel
A16 Computer Security, Abuse and Related Law
Data Security
Viruses and Malicious code
Copyright
A17 Specialised Computer Applications
Part B: What Computer Systems are Made of
B1 Types of Computer
B2 Input
Manual input
Automated input
B3 Memory
Concepts
Disk
Tape
Semiconductor Memory
General
B4 Output
Colour
Quality
Display
Printing
B5 Communications Components
Part C: How Computer Systems are Developed
C1 Systems Design and Life Cycle
Concepts
Stages
Project Management
General
C2 Describing Systems
C3 Programming Concepts
Object Oriented Techniques
Traditional programming techniques
C4 Programming (Flow of Execution)
C5 Programming (Subprograms)
C6 Program Syntax
C7 Describing Programs
C8 Testing and Running Programs
C9 Programming Languages
Levels of language
Types of Language
Miscellaneous Specialised Languages
C10 Data Representation
Concepts
Structures
Elements
C11 Numeric Data Representation
C12 Managing Data files
Files
Operations
General
Part D: How Computers Work
D1 Systems Software
Concepts
Development
Operations
D2 Machine Architecture
The Processor
Memory
General
D3 Interfaces and Buses
D4 Physical Components
D5 Communications Technology
Transmission
Protocols
Signals
D6 Truth Tables and Logic Gates
Binary Logic
Gates
Part E: Appendices
E1 Acronyms and Abbreviations
E2 Units
E3 Filenames and Filename Extensions
E4 Geographic Domain Identifiers
E5 ASCII Character Codes
Index
