Unit 1 Brief History of Computing Passage One Personal Computer History Passage Two The History of Computer Languages Passage Three From ARPANET to INTERNET Unit 2 Computer Software Passage One Operating System Passage Two Databases Passage Three Information Systems Passage Four Application Software Passage Five Programming Languages Passage Six Program Development Life Cycle Unit 3 Computer Hardware Passage One The System Unit and Its Motherboard Passage Two Storage Devices Passage Three Input Devices Passage Four Output Devices Unit 4 Computer Networks Passage One What Is a Computer Network Passage Two tANs and WANs Unit 5 Advanced Mobile Computing Passage One Wireless Community Networks Passage Two Wireless Devices Unchained Passage Three Pervasive Computing Unit 6 The Internet Passage One What Is the Internet Passage Two The Internet Services Passage Three How the Internet Works Unit7 The WWW and E-commerce Passage One The World Wide Web Passage Two Browsing the Web Passage Three Electronic Commerce Unit 8 Digital Media Passage One Bitmap Graphics Passage Two Vector and 3-D Graphics Passage Three Desktop Video Passage Four Digital Sound Unit 9 Computational Intelligence Passage One Artificial Intelligence Passage Two Soft Computing Unit 10 Privacy and Encryption Passage One Privacy Passage Two Encryption Unit 11 Computer Crime and Security Passage One Computer Crime Passage Two The Attackers Passage Three Computer Security Unit 12 Online Games Passage One Online Games Technology Overview Passage Two Online Games Market Overview Unit 13 Military Applications Passage One Improving Counterterrorism Analysis--Using Scenarios to Support the Development and Use of Integrated Information Systems Passage Two High Tech and Low Cunning--Concepts of Information Attack Are ReshAping Air Warfare Passage Three C4ISR NCW = Total Victory Unit 14 IT Careers Passage One Traditional IT Career Paths Passage Two New Information Technology IT Career Paths Vocabulary Abbreviations References