WILLIAM BUCHANAN is a Senior Lecturer in School of Computing, Napier University. He is the Series Editor of Computing and IT for the Palgrave Masters Series, and has written many books on Computing, Electronics, Networking and Computer Engineering. His research relates to Networking and Intelligent Industrial Control.

'This is an up-to-date general, in-depth introduction to computing covering a broad spectrum of crucial areas.' - The Bookseller

• IntroductionApplications and EffectsSystems DevelopmentData Representation in ComputersHardwarePeripheralsSystem SoftwareProgramming ConceptsFiles and DatabasesData Communication and NetworkingThe Internet, Intranet and the WWWSoftware EngineeringViruses and Security.

WILLIAM BUCHANAN is a Senior Lecturer in School of Computing, Napier University. He is the Series Editor of Computing and IT for the Palgrave Masters Series, and has written many books on Computing, Electronics, Networking and Computer Engineering. His research relates to Networking and Intelligent Industrial Control.

'This is an up-to-date general, in-depth introduction to computing covering a broad spectrum of crucial areas.' - The Bookseller

• IntroductionApplications and EffectsSystems DevelopmentData Representation in ComputersHardwarePeripheralsSystem SoftwareProgramming ConceptsFiles and DatabasesData Communication and NetworkingThe Internet, Intranet and the WWWSoftware EngineeringViruses and Security.