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Exploring Computer Hardware : The Illustrated Guide to Understanding Computer Hardware, Components, Peripherals & Networks, EPUB eBook

Exploring Computer Hardware : The Illustrated Guide to Understanding Computer Hardware, Components, Peripherals & Networks EPUB

Part of the Exploring Tech series

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Bits, bytes, logic, RAM, CPUs, hard drives and SSD drives. Master the geeky acronyms and simplify computer hardware & terminology with ease. This book is great for beginners or a basic computing class.


Exploring Computer Hardware looks at:


The microcomputer, mainframes and super computers


Hardware components


CPU architecture, instructions sets, and the fetch execute cycle


Computer ports and plugs


Network topologies, LANs, WANs, MANs, fibre optics and ethernet


WiFi and Cellular networks


The internet: email, the cloud, the world-wide web


IP Addressing, web servers, DNS servers and DHCP servers


TCP/IP model, OSI model, ports, sockets


Logic gates, binary arithmetic, two's complement, floating point, hexadecimal, and base conversions


Data Storage: bits, bytes, kilo bytes, kibi bytes, megabytes...


Data compression, encryption, sort, and search algorithms, and more


Techniques are illustrated step-by-step using photography, illustrations, video demos, and screen prints throughout, together with concise, easy to follow text from an established expert in the field, provide a comprehensive guide to computer hardware.

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