COMPUTER BASICS

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The study of computer science and data processing involves a diverse combination of many separate fields. The items below link to web pages and other Internet resources that can provide students with fundamental information about the basics of computer science.

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• Class notes about Data Types & Languages
• Class notes about File Association - The Untold Ways of Windows®
• A table listing [ASCII Characters and Codes]
• About Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) files
• How to Make a Duplicate Copy of a Diskette
• How to Convert Data Files To Different Languages
• The [Computer Article Index] from [Google].
• The [Computer Article Index] from [HowStuffWorks.com].
• The [Computing Index] from the [WWW Virtual Library].
• A web directory of links to sites related to [Computers & the Internet] from Yahoo!®
• Internet Fundamentals
• [Indiana University Knowledge Base] - A comprehensive database of thousands of articles on computer tutorials.
• [Computing Category from Wikipedia]
• Online dictionaries and search engines for computer and Internet technology from:
  • [The Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing] (from the UK)
  • [Webopedia]
• The Internet hierarchy of newsgroups (electronic group conferencing areas) provided by web-based interface from Google.Com® - Select: "Computers" from the topics list.

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