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Computer Literacy

A Beginners’ Guide

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  • © 1985
  • Latest edition

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Authors:
  1. Vincent Walsh

    1. Brannock Teaching Services, UK

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Main Parts of a Digital Computer

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 3-9

    3. Machine Language

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 10-15

    4. Computer Languages and National Languages

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 16-19

    5. Computer Programs and Logical Sequences

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 20-26

    6. Techniques for Displaying Sequences

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 27-32

    7. A Simple Program in BASIC

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 33-38

  3. Elements of Computer Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Levels of Computer Language

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 41-45

    3. Memory Maps and Hexadecimal Codes

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 46-50

    4. Memory Sizes and Store Organisation

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 51-55

    5. ROMs, RAMs, Reading and Writing

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 56-60

    6. Memory Back-up

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 61-66

    7. Architecture and Instruction Sets

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 67-72

  4. Computer Systems and Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Electronic Data Processing

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 75-78

    3. Systems Software and Applications Software

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 79-82

    4. Word Processing

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 83-88

    5. Batch, On-line and Real-time Processing

      • Vincent Walsh
      Pages 89-94
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Brannock Teaching Services, UK

    Vincent Walsh

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Computer Literacy

  • Book Subtitle: A Beginners’ Guide

  • Authors: Vincent Walsh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07674-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Vincent Walsh 1985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 165

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Computer Applications

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