Includes index.

Introduction to computers and computer science; data representation and transmission; number bases; an overview of hardware and software; document processing; main storage; backing storage; workstations and terminals; output devices; data capture and data entry; human computer interfaces; GUIs and multimedia; computer systems architecture; data communications and networks; operations on data; program structures; data structures; program design and specification; computer file concepts; file organization and access; file processing; spreadsheets; Boolean algebra; machine logic; formal notations; computer arithmetic; machine logic; low-level languages; the input-output subsystem; operating systems; software types and programming languages; translators; database architecture; storage, retrieval and 4GLs; development frameworks; development methods; implementation and post-implementation; project management; applications areas. appendices: answers to self-test questions; details omitted from the text for the sake of clarity; course-work projects and study.

This book provides an approach to the understanding of Computer Science to the level required for GCE Advanced. The new edition has greater emphasis on computing driven by end-users, mostly involving networked PC's running standard software. There is also new material on the Internet and RAD.