This book integrates eleven different subjects of Information
Technology, all into one volume of 725 pages. Today, Information
Technology and computing in general, is affecting work and leisure
alike, increasingly involved in factory and business operations,
networking, defence, medicine, education and the domestic environment.
Computers and their systems are influencing attitudes to privacy,
employment and other social issues. One can appreciate that the
construction of a system is as complex as a house built in a swamp. It
does, therefore, require careful planning and design. Just as a house
must have an architect's plan, so does a system. It must have
requirements, system objectives and a blueprint. The world of computing
became smaller in 1993 in terms of both, new ultra-small computing
systems. The new, small computers were equipped with wireless networking
systems, and new equipment were offered the promise of networking with
other computers worldwide on a data superhighway.