![]() ![]() ![]() If you are interested in how computers work this will give you the needed knowledge. But I think book is a good introduction and reminder of how things really work and what had been done in the past 100 years that we don’t need to work with assembly or binary anymore. My university had more a practical approach on computer science and software engineering. The second edition was fully revised and provides a website with interactive circuit examples. In Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, Petzold takes us from morse code to the early microprocessors of the 70’s and 80’s, providing a deep and satisfying explanation of exactly how computers function. And within this you’ll see how they are really working and bound together!įurthermore there is also a chapter to my beloved topic of clocks! The classic guide to how computers work, updated with new chapters and interactive graphics. After this introduction electrical circuits are build to a working CPU with an ALU and memory. The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software. Charles Petzold (1999), Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software does a much better job than anything else I have ever seen in explaining computers-what they really are, and how they really work. Petzold starts with some real life examples and adapts them to our computers. A Philosophy of Software Design, 2nd Edition. ![]() And what technically the difference between hardware and software is. Code by Charles Petzold provides a compact bottom to top overview of how computers really work. ![]()
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