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Author Ratzan, Lee.

Title Understanding information systems [electronic resource] : what they do and why we need them / Lee Ratzan.

Imprint Chicago : American Library Association, 2004.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvi, 253 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.
Contents Describing information -- Representing information -- Organizing information -- Retrieving information -- Networking information -- Securing information -- Concealing information -- Measuring information -- Counting information -- Numbering information -- Managing information -- The computer as an information system -- The Internet as an information system -- Music as an information system -- Interpreting information : numbers as meanings -- Counter-intuitive information.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Information science.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Computer science -- Popular works.
Mathematics -- Popular works.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0838908683 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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