1.1 GENERAL CONCEPTS
1.1.1 HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1.1.2 TYPES OF COMPUTER
1.1.3 MAIN PARTS OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER
1.1.4 COMPUTER PERFORMANCE
1.2 HARDWARE
1.2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
1.2.2 MEMORY
1.2.3 INPUT DEVICES
1.2.4 OUTPUT DEVICES
1.2.5 INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES
1.2.6 STORAGE DEVICES
1.3 OFTWARE
1.3.1 TYPES OF SOFTWARE
1.3.2 OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE
1.3.3 APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE
1.3.4 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI)
1.3.5 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
1.4 INFORMATION NETWORKS33
1.4.1 LAN AND WAN
1.4.2 INTRANET, EXTRANET34
1.4.3 THE INTERNET
1.4.4 THE TELEPHONE NETWORK IN COMPUTING
1.5 THE USE OF IT IN EVERYDAY LIFE
1.5.1 COMPUTERS AT WORK
1.5.2 ELECTRONIC WORLD
1.6 HEALTH AND SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT
1.6.1 ERGONOMICS
1.6.2 HEALTH ISSUES
1.6.3 PRECAUTIONS
1.6.4 THE ENVIRONMENT
1.7 SECURITY
1.7.I INFORMATION SECURITY
1.7.2 COMPUTER VIRUSES
1.8 COPYRIGHT AND THE LAW
1.8.1 COPYRIGHT
1.8.2 DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION
ABBREVIATIONS & TERMINOLOGY