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ISBN. 978-0735605053. Website. www .charlespetzold .com /code. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (1999) is a book by Charles Petzold that seeks to teach how personal computers work at a hardware and software level. In the preface to the 2000 softcover edition, Petzold wrote that his goal was for readers to understand ...
The Secret Guide to Computers is a book on computer hardware and software techniques by Russ Walter. [1] The book was written to be useful in both teaching and professional environments. [2] Its goal is to describe everything necessary to become a "computer expert," covering philosophies, technicalities, hardware, software, theory, and practice ...
Computer hardware. PDP-11 CPU board. Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, and computer case. It includes external devices such as a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and speakers. [ 1][ 2]
C. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software. Communications, Computers, and Networks. The Computer and the Brain. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice. Computer: A History of the Information Machine. Computers and Typesetting.
An example of a physical security measure: a metal lock on the back of a personal computer to prevent hardware tampering. Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is the protection of computer software, systems and networks from threats that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, theft of (or damage to) hardware, software, or ...
The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice. Computers and Intractability. Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming. Concrete Mathematics.
v. t. e. The history of computing hardware covers the developments from early simple devices to aid calculation to modern day computers . The first aids to computation were purely mechanical devices which required the operator to set up the initial values of an elementary arithmetic operation, then manipulate the device to obtain the result.
657. ISBN. 0-262-51087-1 (2nd ed.) LC Class. QA76.6 .A255 1996. Website. mitpress .mit .edu /sicp. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs ( SICP) is a computer science textbook by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman. It is known as the "Wizard Book" in hacker ...