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Computer Hardware
Computer Hardware is aimed at a first introductory course for computing undergraduates covering the basic principles behind the design of modern computer systems. Starting with the physical components this book covers machine level architectures on which programs and operating systems run, helping readers to understand the respective roles of hardware
and software systems. Coverage in the first half of the book focuses on the binary system, logic gates, bus systems and memory, while the latter half looks at storage devices, interaction hardware, connectivity and multimedia.
CONTENTS:
1. Computer Technologies
2. Maths Review
3. Logic gates: an overview
4. General Principles
5. Bus systems and memory
6. Programs, numbers and symbols
7. The Processor
8. Interrupts
9. Storage Devices
10. From Reset to Operation
11. Interaction Hardware
12. Connectivity and the multimedia machine
Glossary
Answers to review questions
Index
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