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9780760071076

Computers, Technology, and Society

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    9780760071076

  • ISBN10:

    0760071071

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-10-01
  • Publisher: ITP (Manual)
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Summary

Part of the New Perspectives series, this text and CD offers a societal approach and innovative technology for meaningful learning of computer concepts.

Table of Contents

The Impact of Computers on Your Life
1(1)
Technology in a Changing Workplace
2(9)
Job Market Trends
2(4)
Intranets
6(1)
Virtual Corporations
7(1)
Online Job Hunting
8(2)
Quick Check
10(1)
Technology in Education
11(9)
Computers in K-12 Education
11(3)
Technology in the University Classroom
14(2)
Distance Learning
16(2)
Virtual Colleges
18(1)
Quick Check
19(1)
The Changing Face of Citizenship
20(6)
An Informed Citizenry
20(2)
Improving the Political Process
22(3)
Quick Check
25(1)
User Focus: Community and Relationships
26
Virtual Communities
26(2)
Universal Access
28(1)
End Note
29(1)
Info Web
30(4)
Review
34(1)
Projects
34
Computers and Privacy
1(1)
Databases and Personal Privacy
2(9)
Government Databases
2(3)
Private Databases
5(2)
Privacy Concerns
7(1)
Social Security Numbers
8(1)
Database Disasters
9(1)
Dataveillance
10(1)
Quick Check
10(1)
Privacy Law
11(8)
Privacy Under the Constitution
11(3)
Federal Legislation
14(2)
State Legislation
16(1)
Privacy at Work: Interoffice E-Mail
17(1)
Quick Check
18(1)
Privacy and Cryptography
19(11)
The Technology of Public-Key Cryptography
20(5)
Encryption in Electronic Commerce
25(1)
The Debate over Privacy, Freedom, and National Security
26(2)
Escrowed Encryption: The Clipper Chip
28(1)
Quick Check
29(1)
User Focus: Protecting Your Privacy
30
Protecting Your Social Security Number
30(2)
Ensuring the Accuracy of Personal Information
32(1)
End Note
32(1)
InfoWeb
33(4)
Review
37(1)
Projects
37
Computers, Intellectual Property, and Ethics
1(1)
Intellectual Property in the Digital Age
2(6)
Purpose of Intellectual Property Law
2(1)
Patents
3(1)
Copyrights
4(1)
Trademarks
5(1)
New Challenges of Cyberspace and the Digital Age
6(1)
Proposals for Changes in the Law
7(1)
Quick Check
7(1)
Legal Protection of Creative Works
8(10)
The Nature of Copyright Protection
8(2)
Obtaining Copyright Protection
10(2)
Length of Copyright Protection
12(1)
Fair Use Defense
13(2)
Copyright in Cyberspace
15(2)
Quick Check
17(1)
Legal Protection of Software
18(10)
Patent Protection
18(1)
Patent Protection for Software
19(2)
Copyright Protection
21(3)
Licensing and Software
24(2)
Ethics and Piracy
26(1)
Quick Check
27(1)
Legal Protection of Trade Names and Logos
28(4)
Legal Trademark and Trade Name Protection
28(2)
Trademarks in Cyberspace
30(1)
Quick Check
31(1)
User Focus: User Guidelines in Cyberspace
32
Using the Words of Others
32(1)
Using the Graphics of Others
33(1)
Linking and Coding on the World Wide Web
34(1)
End Note
35(1)
InfoWeb
36(4)
Review
40(1)
Projects
40
Computers and Intelligence
1(1)
Can Computers Think?
2(5)
The Turing Test
2(2)
Intelligent Behavior
4(2)
Quick Check
6(1)
Teaching Computers to Think
7(6)
Natural Language Processing
7(3)
Problem Solving
10(2)
Making Decisions Under Uncertainty
12(1)
Quick Check
12(1)
How Al Works
13(14)
Knowledge Base
13(2)
Expert Systems
15(2)
Fuzzy Logic
17(1)
Genetic Algorithms
18(2)
Neural Networks
20(1)
Pattern Recognition
21(2)
Robotics
23(3)
Quick Check
26(1)
User Focus: Al in Your Future
27
The Al of Today
28(2)
The Al of Tomorrow
30(1)
End Note
31(1)
InfoWeb
32(3)
Review
35(1)
Projects
35
Quick Check Answers 1(1)
Glossary/Index 2

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