3rd Edition
Information Technology An Introduction for Today's Digital World
By Richard Fox
Copyright 2026
702 Pages
268 B/W Illustrations
by
Chapman & Hall
702 Pages
268 B/W Illustrations
by
Chapman & Hall
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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,... Read more
Preface
How to Use This Book
1. Information Technology
2. The CPU and Memory
3. Storage and I/O
4. All About Binary Numbers
5. Computer Networks
6. The Operating System
7. Software
8. Programming and Programming Languages
9. Information Security
10. Trends in Technology
11. The Computer’s Negative Impacts on Society
12. The Windows Operating System
13. Linux
Index
How to Use This Book
1. Information Technology
2. The CPU and Memory
3. Storage and I/O
4. All About Binary Numbers
5. Computer Networks
6. The Operating System
7. Software
8. Programming and Programming Languages
9. Information Security
10. Trends in Technology
11. The Computer’s Negative Impacts on Society
12. The Windows Operating System
13. Linux
Index
Biography
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.
