Computing Essentials 2014 3/e (Complete Edition) (絕)

• CONNECT CIT with LEARNSMART! NEW interactive, online learning and assessment platform to engage today's students and help them apply the key concepts they are learning.
• CURRENT INFORMATION AND FUTURE DIRECTION: "A Look to the Future" section at the end of each chapter to engage students with emerging technologies. 
• CHAPTER REORGANIZATION: Previous edition Chapters 3 & 4 are now combined in this edition for Application Software. Last Summary Chapter has been removed. Thus, for complete edition there are now 13 chapters (down from 15) and for the Introductory edition there are now 9 chapters (down from 11).
• THEME of RELEVANCE: Highlights the relevance of current, essential topics for better student understanding.
• DEFINITIVE APPROACH: Concise, streamlined approach to fundamental computing issues. 
• REMEMBER the "E-BOXs"! Environment, Ethics, and Exploration boxes for enhanced student learning. 
• STUDENT RELEVANCE: "Careers in IT" section at the end of each chapter provide information on a variety of positions in the IT industry. 
• STUDENT APP! Interactive quizzes and game available within this FREE student app!

Every Making IT Work for You, Ethics, Environment, and Exploration has been carefully revaluated, enhanced, and/or replaced.  Additionally, this in-chapter content has been carefully coordinated with a new end-of-chapter section titled Discussion that provides thought-provoking questions designed for in-class discussion or homework assignments. More specific new coverage includes the following.

Chapter 1

• Expansion of the traditional five-part information system to formally include connectivity
• Expanded coverage of Windows 8, tablets, and servers.
• New Making IT Work: Installing a Free Antivirus

Chapter 2

• Expanded coverage of cascading style sheets (CSS), JavaScript, AJAX, applets, Apple's Mail, and Microsoft's Outlook
• New Making IT Work for You: Online Entertainment
• New Look to the Future: Your Car's Dashboard as a Powerful, Internet-Connected Computing Device

Chapter 3

• Combined last year's Chapter 3, “Basic Application Software,” and Chapter 4, “Specialized Application Software,” into a single chapter titled “Application Software”
• Focused discussion of word processors, spreadsheets, database management systems, and presentation programs on essential concepts
• New Making IT Work for You: Image Editing
• New Look to the Future: Next-Generation User Interfaces

Chapter 4

• Expanded coverage of gesture controls, mobile operating systems, Microsoft's Windows 8, and Apple's Mountain Lion
• New Making IT Work for You: Windows Task Manager

Chapter 5

• New Making IT Work for You: Keeping Your Computer Cool
• New Look to the Future: Chips inside Your Brain

Chapter 6

• Expanded comparison of traditional, notebook, virtual, and thumb keyboards
• Added coverage of game controllers, motion sensing devices, robotics, and ergonomics
• New Making IT Work for You: Skype
• New Look to the Future:  Augmented Reality Displays

Chapter 7

• Expanded coverage of Blu-ray discs
• Added coverage of a new IT Career: Disaster recovery specialist
• New Look to the Future: Next-Generation Storage

Chapter 8

• Expanded coverage of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, infrared, and routers
• Added graphics for ring, tree, and mesh networks
• New Making IT Work for You: Mobile Internet
• New Making IT Work for You: Remote Access

 Chapter 9

• Expanded coverage of http cookies, flash cookies, cybercrimes, and wireless networks
• New Making IT Work for You: Security Suites
• New Making IT Work for You: Cloud-Based Backup
• Added coverage of a new IT Career: IT security analysts
• New Look to the Future: The End of Anonymity