Information technology / Oxford Bookworms Stage 3

Davies, Paul A.

Information technology / Oxford Bookworms Stage 3 Paul A. Davies. - 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm. - Oxford Bookworms Library. Factfiles. Stage 3 . - Oxford bookworms library. Stage 3. Factfiles. .

"First published in Oxford Bookworms, 2008"--Title page verso.

The computer age -- In the beginning -- The first computer -- Alan Turing -- The history of the PC -- Bill Gates and Microsoft -- Humans against computers -- The Internet -- Power to the people -- Getting the message -- Moble phones -- Computer games -- I love you (and other viruses) -- Computer crimes -- The future.

It is a story of machines - from the ancient abacus to the small powerful computer chips of today. But it is also a story of people. Meet a woman who wrote computer programs two hundred years ago, a teenage millionaire, a man who began with a paperclip and ended with a house, and the criminals who want your name and your money.

9780194233927 0194233928

2009464404

GBB210771 bnb


Readers (Adult)
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Reading comprehension--Problems, exercises, etc.
High interest-low vocabulary books.
Readers for new literates.
Information technology--History.
Computers--History.
Computer literacy.
Computer Literacy
Anglais (Langue)--Lectures et morceaux choisis pour adultes.
Anglais (Langue)--Manuels pour allophones.
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Livres de lecture facile.
Anglais (Langue)--
Technologie de l'information--Histoire.
Ordinateurs--Histoire.
Connaissances en informatique.
Readers for new literates.
High interest-low vocabulary books.
Computer literacy.
Computers.
English language.
Information technology.
Readers (Adult)
Reading comprehension.


Readers (Adult)
History.
Problems and exercises.
Textbooks--for foreign speakers.
Readers (Adult)

PE1126.A4 / D35 2008

428.6