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商品描述
This book presents an introduction to the field of information technology (IT) suitable for any student of an IT-related field or IT professional. Coverage includes such IT topics as IT careers, computer hardware (central processing unit [CPU], memory, input/output [I/O], storage, computer network devices), software (operating systems, applications software, programming), network protocols, binary numbers and Boolean logic, information security and a look at both Windows and Linux. Many of these topics are covered in depth with numerous examples presented throughout the text.
New to this edition are chapters on new trends in technology, including block chain, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, and the negative impact of computer usage, including how computer usage impacts our health, e-waste and concerns over Internet usage. The material on Windows and Linux has been updated and refined. Some content has been removed from the book to be made available as online supplemental readings.
Ancillary content for students and readers of the book is available from the textbook's companion website, including a lab manual, lecture notes, supplemental readings and chapter reviews. For instructors, there is an instructor's manual including answers to the chapter review questions and a testbank.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書介紹了資訊科技（IT）領域的基本概念，適合任何IT相關領域的學生或IT專業人士。內容涵蓋了多個IT主題，包括IT職業、電腦硬體（中央處理器 [CPU]、記憶體、輸入/輸出 [I/O]、儲存裝置、電腦網路設備）、軟體（作業系統、應用程式軟體、程式設計）、網路協定、二進位數字和布林邏輯、資訊安全，以及Windows和Linux的概述。許多主題都深入探討，並在全書中提供了大量範例。
本版新增了有關技術新趨勢的章節，包括區塊鏈、量子計算和人工智慧，以及電腦使用的負面影響，包括電腦使用如何影響我們的健康、電子廢棄物和對網際網路使用的擔憂。Windows和Linux的相關內容已更新和精煉。部分內容已從書中移除，將作為線上補充閱讀材料提供。
本書的學生和讀者可從教科書的伴隨網站獲得輔助內容，包括實驗手冊、講義、補充閱讀和章節回顧。對於講師，提供了講師手冊，其中包括章節回顧問題的答案和測驗題庫。
作者簡介
Richard Fox is a professor of computer science in the School of Computing and Analytics at Northern Kentucky University, where he has worked since 2001. His PhD is in Computer and Information Sciences from The Ohio State University. He has published three IT textbooks and dozens of research articles on artificial intelligence.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
理查德·福克斯（Richard Fox）是北肯塔基大學計算與分析學院的計算機科學教授，自2001年以來一直在該校任教。他的博士學位來自俄亥俄州立大學，專攻計算機與資訊科學。他已出版三本資訊科技教科書以及數十篇有關人工智慧的研究文章。
