Overview

How Computers Work is a fully illustrated guide to the entire world of computing, from the bulky PC on your desktop, to your business laptop, to your ultra portable tablet, to the smartphone you use to catch up on important email and avoid getting lost on the road. It covers all the ways people use their tech, explaining everything from how Windows manages data, to how your browser streams video, to how game makers create 3D worlds. It covers virtually everything related to home networking and the Internet, how viruses and spyware can infiltrate your computer and how firewalls and antivirus programs prevent them, and how Facebook has changed how we stay in touch.   This is a book that shows exactly how computers, in all their wondrous incarnations, have infiltrated and improved our lives, from the bulkiest desktop right on down to the most humble of eReaders and smartphones.

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Author:   Ron White ,  Timothy Downs
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Que Corporation,U.S.
Edition:   10th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   0.900kg
ISBN:  

9780789749840

ISBN 10:   078974984
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   16 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: What Makes a Computer a Computer Chapter 1: The Ghostly LEGOs of Computing Chapter 2: How Computers Remember Chapter 3: How a Little Microprocessor Does Big Things Chapter 4: How Motherboards Conduct a Symphony of Data Part 2: Software—The Computer’s Own Poetry Chapter 5: How Words Are Stitched into Programs Chapter 6: How Applications Work So You Can Play Chapter 7: How Games Create New Worlds Chapter 8: How Security Software Fights Off Invaders Part 3: How Computers Evolve Chapter 9: The Origins of Computer DNA Chapter 10: How Small Mutations Pay Off Big Chapter 11: Honey, I’ve Shrunk the PC Chapter 12: Evolution of the Super Computer Chapter 13: How Cameras Capture Memories Part 4: How Computers Expand Our Senses Chapter 14: How We Stay in Touch Chapter 15: How a Computer Creates Visions Chapter 16: How Computers Tickle Your Ears Part 5: The Little Net That Grew Chapter 17: How Networks Tie Computers Together Chapter 18: How the Internet Brings Us the World Chapter 19: How the Web Puts It All at Your Fingertips Chapter 20: How We Keep in Touch the Internet Way Part 6: How Printers Put Data in Our Hands Chapter 21: How Black and White Printing Works Chapter 22: Printing Gutenberg Never Imagined Part 7: So, What’s Next?

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Ron White has been writing How Computers Work for 20 years, during which time he’s also been executive editor at PC Computing magazine, BYTE.com, and groovyPost.com. He’s been a computer columnist for Windows Sources and 80 Micro. How Computers Work was named best nonfiction computer book, and his writing has been honored by the Maggie Awards, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, and The National Endowment for the Humanities. He and his wife, Sue, have bounced back and forth between Boston and San Francisco before finally ending up in San Antonio.

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