CHAPTER --- INFORMATION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING --- THE DATA PROCESSING EVOLUTION --- THE INFORMATION ITS SETTING --- THE INFORMATION DEVELOPMENTS AND ISSUES --- INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER CONCEPTS --- INPUT AND OUTPUT --- THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT --- PROGRAMMING ANALYSIS --- PROGRAM PREPARATION --- PROGRAM CODING WITH POPULAR LANGUAGES --- MANAGEMENT AND AN OVERVIEW --- SYSTEMS THE PLANNING FOR COMPUTERS --- ORGANIZATION AND THE COMPUTER --- STAFFING AND THE COMPUTER --- CONTROL AND THE COMPUTER --- SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND FACTS AND THE FUTURE.