| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 452 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Boot-Up Process -- Ch. 1. Getting to Know the Hardware -- Ch. 2. How Circuits Juggle Data -- Ch. 3. How a PC Comes Alive -- Ch. 4. How an Operating System Controls Hardware -- pt. 2. How Microchips are the PC's Brain -- Ch. 5. How Transistors Manipulate Data -- Ch. 6. How a Microprocessor Works -- pt. 3. How Software Works -- Ch. 7. How Programming Languages Work -- Ch. 8. How Windows Works -- Ch. 9. How Software Applications Do Your Work -- pt. 4. Data Storage -- Ch. 10. How a Computer's Long-Term Memory Works -- Ch. 11. How Disk Drives Store Information -- Ch. 12. How Little Things Make Drives Faster and Bigger -- Ch. 13. How PCs Use Light to Remember Data -- pt. 5. Input/Output Devices -- Ch. 14. How Data Gets Into Your PC -- Ch. 15. How Scanners Capture Words and Images -- Ch. 16. How Computers Use Power -- Ch. 17. How Serial Parts Triumph -- Ch. 18. How a Computer Display Works -- Ch. 19. How Digital Photography Works -- pt. 6. Games and Multimedia -- Ch. 20. How Multimedia Sound Works -- Ch. 21. How Multimedia Video Works -- Ch. 22. How Game Hardware Puts You In the Action -- Ch. 23. How Games Create 3D Worlds -- pt. 7. How the Internet Works -- Ch. 24. How Local Area Networks Work -- Ch. 25. How PCs Connect to the Internet -- Ch. 26. How the Internet Moves Data -- Ch. 27. How We Reach Each Other Through the Net -- Ch. 28. How Wireless Sets PCs Free -- Ch. 29. How the Net Provides Video and Audio on Demand -- Ch. 30. How the World Wide Web Works -- Ch. 31. How Internet Security Fights Off PC Invaders -- pt. 8. How Printers Work -- Ch. 32. How Black-and-White Printing Works -- Ch. 33. How Color Printing Works |
| Summary |
"This full-color, illustrated guide to the world of technology assumes nothing and explains how the electronic gear we depend on every day is made possible. In addition to all the content you've come to expect from prior editions, this newly revised edition includes all-new coverage of topics such as: how tablet PCs put the power of a PC quite literally in your hands; how Windows Vista makes your Windows desktop translucent and makes your PC more secure; how advances in optical disc technology such as dual-layer DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-Ray discs continue to push the envelope; how Apple's new iPhone is revolutionizing what cell phones can do; and how BitTorrent technology enables anyone to share information with everyone"--Jacket |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Microcomputers.
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Microcomputers
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microcomputers.
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Microcomputers.
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Ordinateurs.
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Informatique.
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Microordinateurs.
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Technologies de l'information et de la communication.
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Microcomputers.
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Persondatorer.
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Kringutrustning -- datorer och databehandling.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007046236 |
| ISBN |
9780789736130 |
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0789736136 |
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