Information processes and technology : the HSC course

"Complete and thorough coverage of the NSW Stage 6 Information Processes and Technology Course."--Provided by publisher ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE TEACHER TO THE STUDENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING A PROJECT SET 1A INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM SET 1B PLANNING SET 1C DESIGNING SET 1D IMPLEMENTING TESTING, EVALUATING AND MAINTAINING SET 1E CHAPTER 1 REVIEW INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DATABASES EXAMPLES OF DATABASE INFORMATION SYSTEMS SET 2A ORGANISATION METHODS SET 2B SET 2C SET 2D STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SET 2E SET 2F SET 2G SET 2H COLLECTING AND DISPLAYING FOR DATABASE SYSTEMS SET 2I ISSUES RELATED TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DATABASES SET 2J CHAPTER 2 REVIEW COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS SET 3A SET 3B EXAMPLES OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS SET 3C SET 3D SET 3E NETWORK COMMUNICATION CONCEPTS SET 3F NETWORK HARDWARE SET 3G NETWORK SOFTWARE SET 3H ISSUES RELATED TO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS CHAPTER 3 REVIEW OPTION 1 TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS SET 4A REAL TIME (ON-LINE) TRANSACTION PROCESSING SET 4B BATCH TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS SET 4C BACKUP AND RECOVERY SET 4D COLLECTING IN TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS ANALYSING DATA OUTPUT FROM TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS SET 4E ISSUES RELATED TO TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS CHAPTER 4 REVIEW OPTION 2 DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS CHARACTERISTICS OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS EXAMPLES OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS SET 5A TOOLS THAT SUPPORT DECISION MAKING SPREADSHEETS SET 5B ANALYSING USING SPREADSHEETS SET 5C EXPERT SYSTEMS SET 5D ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS SET 5E ISSUES RELATED TO DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS CHAPTER 5 REVIEW OPTION 4 MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH OF THE MEDIA TYPES SET 6A HARDWARE FOR CREATING AND DISPLAYING MULTIMEDIA SET 6B SOFTWARE FOR CREATING AND DISPLAYING MULTIMEDIA SET 6C EXAMPLES OF MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS EXPERTISE REQUIRED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS SET 6D OTHER INFORMATION PROCESSES WHEN DESIGNING MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS SET 6E ISSUES RELATED TO MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS CHAPTER 6 REVIEW GLOSSARY INDEX