How Computers Work (How It Works Series)
Language: English
Published by Que Pub, 1998
- Softcover
- Used
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- Title
- How Computers Work (How It Works Series)
- Author
- Ron White
- Publisher
- Que Pub
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 078971728X
- ISBN 13
- 9780789717283
- Edition
- 4th Edition
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Review
White begins each section of the book with an overview of his subject (e.g., "How the Internet Works" or "Input/Output Devices") followed by a glossary of key concepts. In the subsequent chapters, his short explanations then elucidate those concepts: "As intelligent and swift as a computer's memory may be, RAM has one fatal flaw. It is a will-o'-the wisp. With few exceptions, all memory chips lose the information stored in them once you turn off the computer." The real success of the book, though, is the cut-away illustrations and the CD-ROM animations that take you inside microchips, joysticks, scanners, DVD drives, and even e-mail systems. With the accelerating pace of information technology, one only hopes that Ron White will keep updating his book for the rest of us. --Patrick O'Kelley
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