How Computers Work: Millennium Edition (How Computers Work, 5th ed)

Ron White

ISBN 10: 0789721120 / ISBN 13: 9780789721129

Published by Que, 1999

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432 pages. 9.90x8.10x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 0789721120

Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Computers Work: Millennium Edition (How Computers Work, 5th ed)
• Publisher: Que
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789721120
• ISBN 13: 9780789721129
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.16 kilograms

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Synopsis

How Computers Work, Millenium Edition, shows you how chips, software, memory, and hardware work using detailed four-color drawings. An animated, full-color CD-ROM takes you directly inside your computer. This book is completely updated and revised to include the latest technology developments including the Internet, multimedia sound and video, Pentium III/ Xeon// Celeron processors, DVD drives, digital cameras, color printing, Y2K, and ebooks.

About the Author

Ron White is a senior editor at PC Computing where he writes the CD-Ron and Net Kahuna columns. Founder of one of the earliest PC user groups, he has been writing about computers for 15 years, and is the author of two other books, How Software Works and How Anyone Can Fix and Rev Up PCs. The second edition of How Computers Work won an award for best non-fiction computer book from the Computer Press Association. Timothy Downs is a long-time artist with Ziff Davis Publications. He currently illustrates for PCComputing and has been illustratior for the popular How It Works stories there. He is the original artist for the first edition of How Computers Work.