{"id":17,"date":"2019-05-04T15:16:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T19:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/comptech\/front-matter\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T15:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T20:47:32","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/comptech\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"This book is written for the typical computer user: someone who uses computers for day-to-day activities (browsing the web, sending\/receiving email, etc.) and is interested in delving a bit deeper into some of the current technology concepts and terminology.\r\n\r\nIn contrast to a commercially produced book (where the author and publisher receive a payment for each copy), this book is an open education resource (OER) with a <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution licence<\/a>, which allows it to be shared and used at no charge (subject to certain conditions of the particular license).\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2022\/10\/image20-300x226.png\" alt=\"A moon peaking up over distant mountains. The moon has the Creative Commons' CC logo on it.\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/>\r\n<h3>Image Attribution<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a class=\"rId63\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31437555@N00\/301014978\">\u201cCreative Commons Moon.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a class=\"rId64\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31437555@N00\">Jeffrey Beall<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0<a class=\"rId65\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich\">CC BY-ND 2.0<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>This book is written for the typical computer user: someone who uses computers for day-to-day activities (browsing the web, sending\/receiving email, etc.) and is interested in delving a bit deeper into some of the current technology concepts and terminology.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to a commercially produced book (where the author and publisher receive a payment for each copy), this book is an open education resource (OER) with a <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution licence<\/a>, which allows it to be shared and used at no charge (subject to certain conditions of the particular license).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/technicalwritingh5p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2022\/10\/image20-300x226.png\" alt=\"A moon peaking up over distant mountains. 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