Information Technology and Our World 2
Unit 1 The Development of Computer Technology 2
Unit 2 Computer Hardware 8
Unit 3 Computer Software 28
Unit 4 The History of Internet 35
Multimedia 44
Unit 1 An Introduction to Multimedia 44
Unit 2 Storage of Multimedia 53
Unit 3 Flash 58
Unit 4 Multimedia Application 63
Programming Languages 71
Unit 1 The Development of Programming Languages 71
Unit 2 Object-oriented Programming Concepts 78
Unit 3 C++ and Java 89
Unit 4 Fourth-generation Programming Language 96
Operating Systems 105
Unit 1 Disk Operating System(DOS) 105
Unit 2 Unix Operating System 110
Unit 3 Windows 115
Unit 4 Mac OS 122
Database and Data Warehouse 130
Unit 1 An Introduction to Database 130
Unit 2 SQL Fundamentals 139
Unit 3 Foundation of Database 145
Unit 4 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 153
Computer Networks 167
Unit 1 Network Basics 167
Unit 2 TCP/IP 175
Unit 3 Transmission Media 181
Unit 4 Transmission Characteristics 189
E-commerce 197
Unit 1 E-commerce Basics 197
Unit 2 B2C and B2B 208
Unit 3 Creating an Integrated E-commerce Strategy 217
Unit 4 An Introduction to International Taxation of E-commerce 226
Embedded Technology 239
Unit 1 The Development of Embedded Technology 239
Unit 2 An Introduction to Windows CE and Linux 246
Unit 3 Embedded Technology and SCM 251
References 259