1.1 Infotech Becomes Commonplace: Cellphones, E-Mail, the Internet,
& the E-World How does information technology facilitate e-mail, networks,
and the use of the Internet and the Web; what is the meaning of the term cyberspace?
1.2 The "All-Purpose Machine": The Varieties of Computers
What are the five sizes of computers, and what are clients and servers?
1.3 Understanding Your Computer: What If You Custom-Ordered
Your Own PC? What four basic operations do all computers follow, and what
are some of the devices associated with each operation? How does communications
affect these operations?
1.4 Where Is Information Technology Headed? What are three
directions of computer development and three directions of communications?