The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Software, & Networking: An Information Technology Approach

Englander, Irv

ISBN 10: 0471715425 / ISBN 13: 9780471715429

Published by Wiley, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Software, & Networking: An Information Technology Approach
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471715425
• ISBN 13: 9780471715429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

• Reflects the latest technology in the field to provide readers with the most up-to-date resource
• Presents examples that cover a broad spectrum of hardware and software systems, from personal computers to mainframes
• Places more emphasis on networking to address increased importance of the communications area
• Consolidates the coverage of buses into one chapter.
• Integrates numerous review questions at the end of each chapter to enhance the reader's understanding of the material

About the Author

Dr. Irv Englander has been involved in many different aspects of the computing field for more than forty years. He has designed logic circuits, developed integrated circuits, developed computer architectures, designed computer-controlled systems, designed operating systems developed application software, created the initial system design for a large water monitoring system, performed software auditing and verification of critical control software, and developed and specified hardware components and application software as a consultant for business systems large and small. As an educator he has contributed papers and given workshops on end-user computing, e-commerce, and on computer architecture education in the IS curriculum. He was an invited contributor and reviewer for the IS-97 information systems curriculum/ He is actively involved in the application of new technology to information systems. Dr. Englander has a Ph.D. From MIT in computer Science. His doctoral thesis was based on the design of a large image processing software laboratory. At MIT he won the supervised Investors Award for outstanding teaching. He holds the rank of Professor of Computer Information Systems at Bentley college, where he has taught full-time for nearly twenty-five years.