Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - 2nd ed. / Charles Petzold
Publication year: 2023
ISBN: 9780137909100
Internet Resource: Please Login to download book
The classic guide to how computers work, updated with new chapters and interactive graphics Computers are everywhere --- most obviously in our laptops and smartphones, but also our cars, televisions, microwave ovens, alarm clocks, robot vacuum cleaners, and other smart appliances. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside these devices to make our lives easier but occasionally more infuriating? Explores more deeply the bit-by-bit, gate-by-gate construction of the heart of every smart device ― the central processing unit that combines the simplest of basic operations to perform the most complex of feats. Along with new chapters, Petzold created a new website, CodeHiddenLanguage.com, that uses animated interactive graphics to make computers even easier to comprehend.
Subject: Software engineering, Coding, Codes and Combinations, Braille and Binary Codes, Anatomy of a Flashlight, Communicating Around Corners, Logic with Switches, Telegraphs and Relays, Relays and Gates, Ten Digits, Alternative 10s, Bytes and Hexadecimal, From ASCII to Unicode, Adding with Logic Gates, Assemblage of Memory, Automating Arithmetic, Arithmetic Logic, Registers and Busses, CPU Control Signals, Loops, Jumps, and Calls, Peripherals, Operating System
