About this ebook
This web page shows animation of the computer designs in action. This web page does well to compliment the book which gives excellent explanations of what the animations are showing. Combining the books explanations with the animation provides a well rounded understanding of the animated computer.
This book and web page are about the many hardware and software aspects of computing. It covers the design of circuits, logical gates, data and data storage, counting and arithmetic, buses and bus designs, network connectivity, the CPU and its design, the computers instruction set, the modern use of microprocessing, assembly language and the interpretation of human readable computer code, the activities of the operating system, and computer peripherals. There is a lot to cover so the book is quite intense. The web page offers a new dimension to the book. But it is easy to read; and you can read it at your own pace (unless this is part of a course - then the professor sets the pace).
It is meant as a preparation for research, development, design, building, and testing of computer equipment.
The book is about how computers and parts of computers are designed and how connecting these part together makes the computer capable of processing internally held instructions that can run the computer independently. This covers how data and instructions are processed, stored, and communicated by computers. This also concerns how data is communicated among electronic components, and how software is written and compiled.
Finally -
This textbook is a comprehensive work and provides a basis for a detailed understanding of how the computer works. Descriptions include detailed drawings that clarify what the text is talking about. Everyone can read this book as the book is written for easy understanding. But the book is quite detailed in the coverage of computer design issues. I think you will enjoy reading it and it will inform you about computer design as no other textbook can.
The book can be easily understood by anyone who takes the time to study each of the diagrams and its description.
Dr. Jerome Heath
About the author
Dr. Jerome Heath received his Ph. D from the University of Hawaii in Communication and Information Science an interdisciplinary Ph. D. degree. He has worked as an application developer and taught programming and computer systems for many years. He has written many textbooks.
His efforts at understanding computer systems has been based on hermeneutics methodology through archeology of communicative systems and communicative action. This approach offers a more balanced and thorough view of the underlying systems.
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