How Computers Work (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
384
Utgivningsdatum
2014-12-16
Upplaga
10
Förlag
Pearson Education
Medarbetare
Downs, Timothy
Illustratör/Fotograf
illustrations
Illustrationer
illustrations
Dimensioner
249 x 201 x 18 mm
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1239 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780789749840

How Computers Work

The Evolution of Technology

av Ron White
Häftad,  Engelska, 2014-12-16
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The Evolution of Technology

Having sold more than 2 million copies over its lifetime, How Computers Work is the definitive illustrated guide to the world of PCs and technology. In this new edition, youll find detailed information not just about PCs, but about how changes in technology have evolved the giant, expensive computer dinosaurs of last century into the smaller but more powerful smartphones, tablets, and wearable computing of today. Whether your interest is in business, gaming, digital photography, entertainment, communications, or security, youll learn how computing is evolving the way you live.

A full-color, illustrated adventure into the wonders of TECHNOLOOGY

This full-color, fully illustrated guide to the world of technology assumes nothing and explains everything. Only the accomplished and award-winning team of writer Ron White and artist Tim Downs has the unique ability to meld descriptive text with one-of-a-kind visuals to fully explain how the electronic gear we depend on every day is made possible. In addition to all the content youve come to expect from prior editions, this newly revised edition includes all-new coverage of topics such as:

How smartphones and tablet PCs put the power of a desktop computer in your handsliterally

How computing technology is linking our homes, work place, entertainment, and daily communications

How advances such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, eBay, and smartphones are expanding our universe of friends, knowledge, and opportunity

How increased miniaturization leads to new products, such as smartphone, smartwatches, and Google Glass

How computing technology takes advantages of quantum physics and innovations no one even imagined a few years ago

For two decades, How Computers Work has helped newbies understand new technology, while hackers and IT pros have treasured it for the depth of knowledge it contains. This is the perfect book about computing to capture your imagination, delight your eyes, and expand your mind, no matter what your technical level!

Beautifully detailed illustrations and jargon-free explanations walk you through the technology that is shaping our lives. See the hidden workings inside computers, smartphones, tablets, Google Glass, and the latest tech inventions.
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Ron White has been writing How Computers Work for 20 years, during which time he's also been executive editor at PC Computing magazine, BYTE.com, and groovyPost.com. He's been a computer columnist for Windows Sources and 80 Micro. How Computers Work was named best nonfiction computer book, and his writing has been honored by the Maggie Awards, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, and The National Endowment for the Humanities. He and his wife, Sue, have bounced back and forth between Boston and San Francisco before finally ending up in San Antonio.

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Table of Contents

Introduction ...............................................................................................................xvii

Part 1: What Makes a Computer a Computer 2

Chapter 1: The Ghostly LEGOs of Computing .................................................................6

How Waves Take the Universe on a Joy Ride .........................................................8

How Information Rides the Waves ......................................................................10

How Electromagnetism Is the Ghost in the Machine .............................................12

How We Control Electricity ................................................................................14

How Computers Create Our World Using Numbers .............................................16

Chapter 2: How Computers Remember ........................................................................18

How a Little Transistor Does Big Jobs ..................................................................20

Writing Data to RAM ........................................................................................22

Reading Data from RAM ...................................................................................24

How Flash Memory Remembers When the Switch is Off ......................................26

Chapter 3: How a Little Microprocessor Does Big Things ...............................................28

How a Processor Tracks Numbers .......................................................................32

How a Processor Does Math ..............................................................................34

How a Processor Moves Data ............................................................................36

How Multi-Core Processors Work .......................................................................38

How Desktop CPUs Keep It Complex ..................................................................40

How Mobile CPUs Keep It Simple .......................................................................41

Chapter 4: How Motherboards Conduct a Symphony of Data .........................................42

How a Motherboard Brings It All Together ..........................................................46

How the Chipset Directs Traffic ...........................................................................48

How PCI-Express Breaks the Bus Barrier ..............................................................50

Part 2: SoftwareThe Computers Own Poetry 52

Chapter 5: How Words Are Stitched into Programs .......................................................64

How a Program Is a Roadmap ...........................................................................68

How Software Interpreters Generate Action.........................

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