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Completely updated and revised throughout, the fourth edition of Principles of Computer Hardware explores the fundamentals of computer structure, architecture, and programming.
The book opens with an introduction to the fundamental concepts behind computer architecture: gates, circuits, logic, and computer arithmetic. It goes on to discuss computer operation from instruction set architecture and assembly language programming to the central processing unit. Then, the text builds on these foundations; explaining how the hardware interfaces with its surroundings, introducing computer memory, operating systems, and computer peripherals.
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Principles of Computer Hardware
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What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new ways to communicate with each other. And through CODE, we see how this ingenuity-and our very human compulsion to communicate-have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries. Now in paperback edition, this critically praised book weaves an inventive and eminently comprehensible narrative for anyone who’s ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines. The work of legendary computer book author Charles Petzold has influenced an entire generation of programmers. And with CODE, Microsoft Pres… More >>
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
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Reflects the latest technology in the field to provide readers with the most up-to-date resource Presents examples that cover a broad spectrum of hardware and software systems, from personal computers to mainframes Places more emphasis on networking to address increased importance of the communications area Consolidates the coverage of buses into one chapter. Integrates numerous review questions at the end of each chapter to enhance the reader’s understanding of the material … More >>
The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Software, & Networking: An Information Technology Approach
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