Principles of Computer Hardware

Name: Principles of Computer Hardware
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ISBN: 9780199273133

ISBN-10: 0199273138

ISBN-13: 9780199273133

Edition: 4th 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Alan Clements

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Computer technology pervades almost every aspect of our life: from the cars that we drive, to the mobile phones that we use to communicate; from the digital cameras that capture images of the world around us, to the laser printers that turn image into picture. Yet at the heart of these enabling technologies lie fundamental components and systems, without the understanding of which such technologies would never have been developed.Principles of Computer Hardware explores the fundamentals of computer structure, architecture, and programming that underpin the array of computerized technologies around which our lives are now built.The book opens with an introduction to the fundamental concepts…

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List price: $229.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 3.718

Alan Clements is the director of content at Scottish Television and the co-author of Restless Nation, which accompanied the BBC Scotland television series on Scottish politics. He is married to Kirsty Wark and lives in Glasgow.



Preface



Introduction to Computer Hardware



Gates, Circuits, and Combinational Logic



Sequential Logic



Computer Arithmetic



The Instruction Set Architecture



Assembly Language Programming



Structure of the CPU



Accelerating Performance



Processor Architectures



Buses and Input/Output Mechanisms



Peripherals for Computers



Computer Memory



The CPU, Memory, and the Operating System



Computer Communications


Appendices


Bibliography


Index