BTEC National IT Practitioners: Student Book Specialist Units

Computers have much to offer people of any age. This book discusses how to set up a computer, use software, and get online. It includes illustrations to setting up your computer and gaining basic computer skills.

This text is for the absolute beginner with easy-to-follow, step-by-step information accompanied by illustrations. Divided into five chapters, the books shows the reader computer basics, how to create documents, how to email, how to use the Internet and how to choose a computer.

Cutting through the computer jargon, this guide tells you what you need to know about your computer. It provides projects that help you set up your computer, manage your files and get connected to the internet. It also shows you how to download images from a digital camera, image-editing, digitising old records and creating a family tree.

Explains how to understand computers, using the XP operating system. This work helps the absolute beginner learn how to master the basics of: creating typed documents with Microsoft Word; using the Internet with Internet Explorer; and corresponding in e-mail with Outlook Express.

Covers the AS-Level ICT specifications from the OCR and AQA examining boards. This guide contains questions for students to practice with and check their understanding. It is suitable for students to use in the course and for revision in the run up to the exams.

Gives an introduction to those using a PC which is running Windows Vista. Filled with practical advice on topics ranging from word processing and home finance, to downloading digital photographs and surfing the internet, this work also provides helpful tips for solving unexpected problems.

The Oxford Revision Guides series builds on the fact that pictures are easier to memorize than words. Each topic is summarized on a single page using annotated diagrams and concise notes with a full index for easy reference. Expert authors have taken the content of the AS and A Level specifications and presented them in a refreshingly clear and concise format. Simple illustrations are used to ...

Focuses on system-level design and verification techniques. This text presents an overview of reconfigurable computing architectures and platforms and demonstrates how to develop reconfigurable systems. It also discusses the hardware, software, and system techniques.

With its succinct, focussed and easy-to-follow approach covering both AS and A2, Revision Express is the fast and effective route to exam success. This new edition has been fully revised and updated for the new A-levels.