How Computers Really Work
A Hands-On Guide to the Inner Workings of the Machine
$65.43
- Paperback
392 pages
- Release Date
18 November 2020
Summary
An approachable, hands-on guide to understanding how computers work, from low-level circuits to high-level code.
How Computers Really Work is a hands-on guide to the computing ecosystem: everything from circuits to memory and clock signals, machine code, programming languages, operating systems, and the internet.
But you won’t just read about these concepts, you’ll test your knowledge with exercises, and practice what you learn with 41 optional hands-on projects. Buil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781718500662 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1718500661 |
| Author: | Matthew Justice |
| Publisher: | No Starch Press,US |
| Imprint: | No Starch Press,US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 727g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
“Much more understandable than most books of this type, even when the author delves deeply into machine code, programming languages, operating systems and the internet. He details 41 hands-on projects, including games, running a web server, and so on. It’s just right for the would-be software engineer.”
—Joy Schwabach, Arkansas Democrat Gazette’s On Computers
Matthew Justice
Matthew Justice is a software engineer with 17 years of experience at Microsoft. During his tenure, he contributed to debugging the Windows kernel, developed automated fixes, and led a team focused on building diagnostic tools and services. His expertise spans a wide range of software development, from low-level systems to high-level web applications.
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