Basic Computing Principles

Any student of computing requires a basic level of background knowledge about the technological aspects of the subject. This book provides a helpful overview. It introduces the range of options available in hardware types, looks at the range of software aids available to the analyst for design and implementation, and explains the methods used for information storage and retrieval. In a broader context, the book describes a variety of communication and networking possibilities.

B. West (Deputy Principal Consultant in the National Computing Centre's Training and Development Division) has provided comprehensive and accessible coverage of the area, and in a series of structured chapters, presents exercises and assignments to assist the student in realising the objectives set out in each section.

Chapters include:
Micros to mainframes ⚫ hardware ⚫ input and output
⚫ data communications ⚫ control software and utilities ⚫ other software ⚫systems ⚫ data organisation
⚫ computers and people

The book contains a full glossary of technical terms used, a bibliography and an index.