The Essential Guide to Computer Hardware (Essential Guide Series)

Keogh James Edward Keogh Jim

ISBN 10: 0130620130 / ISBN 13: 9780130620132

Published by Prentice-Hall, 2001

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pp. xx + 442 Illus.

Seller Inventory # 5817408

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Guide to Computer Hardware (Essential Guide Series)
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130620130
• ISBN 13: 9780130620132
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

Don't understand computers (or all the powerful technologies that go with them)? You're not alone. Here's your solution: The Essential Guide to Computer Hardware. It's a 100% non-technical, math-free introduction to every type of computer and communications hardware, from PCs to Palms, digital cameras to cell phones. Jim Keogh starts with the elementary-school science you need to understand how computers and networks work. From there, you'll follow a clear, straight path that leads you through the technology behind cell phones, PCs, personal digital assistants, mobile devices, digital cameras, CD-ROMs, hard disks, speech recognition, WebCams, networks, computer audio, computer video, and more. The final chapters focus on the business side of computer hardware. Keogh takes you on a tour of the movers and shakers who drive the business: companies you'll recognize from Wall Street, as well as exciting new companies that aren't yet household names -- but will be. An ideal resource for anyo

About the Author

JAMES KEOGH was among the first to introduce PC programming nationally, in his Programmer's Notebook column in Popular Electronics magazine, starting in 1982—only a few years after the Apple II was created in a garage. His Prentice Hall PTR books include Windows Programmer's Notebook and C++ Programmer's Notebook, Second Edition. Keogh chaired the e-Commerce track at Columbia University and is on the graduate school faculty at Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, NJ, where he teaches in the MIS/MBA program.