Information technology : skills and knowledge for GNVQ intermediate core skill kin IT /

Harris, Gregg

Information technology : skills and knowledge for GNVQ intermediate core skill kin IT / by Gregg Harris and Michael Hogan. - London : DP Publications ; ©1993 - viii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes index.

Part 1 Scenarios and related tasks. Part 2 Information bank: information technology overview - definition of information, information technology applications; IT hardware - types of computer, compatibility, CPU, drives system software, peripherals, input/output devices; business applications software - wordprocessing, database, spreadsheet; further applications - DTP, MIDI, graphics; communications - communication technology, fax, on-line databases, telex, viewdata; IT, people and environment - ergonomics, data security, confidentiality, working practices and procedures. Part 3 Building skills: wordprocessing; database; spreadsheets; graphics; page layout. Part 4 Assignments.

Providing the learning material needed for an introductory course in Business Information Technology to NVQ/GNVQ 2, this book can be used as a class workbook, as a support text, or as the main resource of supported self-study/open learning

9781858050287

--Electronic data processing-- Information technology

--STS, COMPUTER, GENERAL

T58.6 / .H37 HAR1993

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