How Computers Work (9th Edition) (How It Works)
by Ron WhiteHaving sold more than 2 million copies over its lifetime, How Computers Work is the definitive illustrated guide to the world of PCs and technology.
In this new edition, you'll find detailed information not just about every last component of hardware found inside your PC, but also in-depth explanations about home networking, the Internet, PC security, and even how cell phone networks operate.
Whether you're interested in how the latest graphics cards power today's most demanding games or how a digital camera turns light into data, you'll find your answers right here.
Ron White is a former executive editor and columnist for PC Computing, where he developed the visual concept behind How Computers Work.
Founder of one of the earliest PC user groups, he has been writing about computers for 25 years and is known for building wildly extreme computers.
Timothy Edward Downs is an award-winning magazine designer, illustrator, and photographer.
He has directed and designed several national consumer, business, technology, and lifestyle magazines, always infusing a sense of "how it works" into every project.
A full-color, illustrated adventure into the wonders of TECHNOLOOGYThis full-color, fully illustrated guide to the world of technology assumes nothing and explains everything.
Only the accomplished Ron White and award-winning Tim Downs have the unique ability to meld descriptive text with one-of-a-kind visuals to fully explain 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 How BitTorrent technology enables anyone to share information with everyoneFor a decade, How Computers Work has helped newbies understand new technology, while at the same time hackers and IT pros have treasured it for the depth of knowledge it contains.
This is the perfect book about computing to capture your imagination, delight your eyes, and expand your mind, no matter what your technical level!Category: General ComputingCovers: PCs/HardwareUser Level: Beginning-Intermediate.
- Format
- 448 pages, Paperback
- First published
- November 21, 2007
- Publishers
- Que
- Subjects
- General theory of computing·Computer science ·Microcomputers·Computers·Computers·Ibm·Computer books·General·Hardware·Personal computers·P·Cs·Reference·Beginner guides·Computers·Personal computers·Microcomputers·Ibm
- Language
- English
I expected more description of computer fundamentals in something of a step by step process leading to more complex issues, e.g.
Excellent.
This book is outstanding, as it explains computer technology in a easy to read way. Before I picked this book up, I had 12+ years experience and coursework in computers, and I still learned a fair amount with this book.
Books
Ron Rash Collection
Ron Rash
Soaked to the Bone
Dan White
Weight of Gold
Shaun White
Shaun white is not just the greatest and most famous snowboarder in the world, he's a cultural phenomenon known for an unstoppable drive to succeed.
Brown Sugar
Joyce White
Spiced with stories of family and friends, sweetened by memories of holidays and celebratory meals, brown sugar is a slice of life from african american communities across the country.
Warburgs
Ron Chernow
Technology Development
Ron Stites
Meetings and Memories
Andrew White
Everyone's an Artist
Ron Tite
Meetings and Memories
Andrew White
American Negro Folk-Songs
Newman Ivey White
A collection of over eight hundred songs, representing most of the southern states and every type of negro folk-song.
Info Buzz : Black History : Barack Obama : Black History
Stephen White-Thomson
Computer Networks
Curt White
Move on, Move Up
Paula White
Untitled Memoir
Shaun White
Move on, Move Up
Paula White
Bandit F-117
Rowland White
Dambuster 617
Rowland White
Cinch Knot
Ron Walden
Untitled Doc Ford #27
Randy Wayne White
Doc ford and his pal tomlinson are back for their biggest adventure yet, in the 27th installment of this new york times-bestselling series.
Previous Life
White, Edmund
Crocs
Randy Wayne White
Cake Lady- My Life in the Mix
diane white
Introduction to Speechwork for Actors
Ron Carlos
Lone Star Secrets
Barbara White Daille
Epidemic Orientalism
Alexandre White
Epidemic Orientalism
Alexandre White
Mosquito
Rowland White
Segregation Made Them Neighbors
White, William A., III
Mosquito
Rowland White
Killing Fields
Tyriek White
Mastering the Processes of Strategic Management
Margaret A. White
Unaccompanied
Tracy White
What Does Brown Mean to You?
Ron Grady
Collected Works of Kenneth White, Volume 1
Kenneth White
Mosquito
Rowland White
New William Faulkner Studies
Sarah Gleeson-White
Mastering the Processes of Strategic Management
Margaret A. White
Twist and Turn Quilts
Cinzia White
Killing Fields
Tyriek White
Soccer in American Culture
G. Edward White
Child of the Indian Race
Sandy White Hawk
Microbiological Organic Chemistry
Michael J. White
This book discusses the past several decades' advances in microbiological oxidoreductive steroid chemistry, giving a convenient reference and resource for synthetic-steroid chemists and microbiologists working in the area of steroid biotransformations.
Military Justice
Nigel D. White
Yuletide Secrets
Hope White
Essential Information after High School Graduation
Michael White
Farm Animals Coloring Book for Kids
Black & white House
Similar books
Last Master Passion and Anger
John Suchet
And One for Luck
Lynda Page
Grace and bessie have been neighbours for years but it takes the outbreak of war for them to become friends.
Lifel1k3
Jay Kristoff
It's just another day on the scrap: lose the last of your credits at the wardome, dodge the gangs and religious fanatics, discover you can destroy electronics with your mind, stumble upon the deadliest robot ever built when eve finds the ruins of an andro.
Cloven
Brian Catling
Misreadings
Umberto Eco
This is a collection of parodies by the author of the name of the rose and foucault's pendulum.
Beautiful Rival
Stoni Alexander
Next Witness
Kirstyn Petras
Awaken
Lauren Wagner
Sam's Letters to Jennifer
James Patterson
Grief-stricken by a recent tragedy, jennifer returns to the resort village where she grew up to help her beloved grandmother.
Federalist Papers from the Original Text of Hamilton
R.P. Fairfield
Operative Eingriffe im Gebiet des Ohres, der Nase, des Halses
A. Lautenschläger
Dieser buchtitel ist teil des digitalisierungsprojekts springer book archives mit publikationen, die seit den anfangen des verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Aerodynamic Theory
A. Betz
Die Elektrizitätstarife
G. Siegel
Die neubearbeitung der zweiten auflage dieses buches, die im jahre 1917 unter dem titel "verkauf elektrischer arbeit" erschien, ist bereits seit einigen jahren fallig.
Big Iron
C. A. Suleiman
His Whole Life
Elizabeth Hay
Starting with something as simple as a boy who wants a dog, his whole life takes us into a richly intimate world where everything that matters to him is at risk: family, nature, home.
Ernährung und Lebenshaltung des deutschen Volkes. Ein Beitrag zur Erkenntnis des Gesundheitszustandes des deutschen Volkes
C.v. Tyszka
Dieser buchtitel ist teil des digitalisierungsprojekts springer book archives mit publikationen, die seit den anfangen des verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Woman in the Green Coat
Katie Ward
Einführung in die menschliche Erblichkeitslehre und Eugenik
K. Saller
Dieser buchtitel ist teil des digitalisierungsprojekts springer book archives mit publikationen, die seit den anfangen des verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Röntgendiagnostik des Schädels bei Erkrankungen des Auges und seiner Nachbarorgane
R. Thiel
Dieser buchtitel ist teil des digitalisierungsprojekts springer book archives mit publikationen, die seit den anfangen des verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Lehrbuch und Atlas der Spaltlampenmikroskopie des lebenden Auges. Mit Anleitung zur Technik und Methodik der Untersuchung: Teil 2
A. Vogt
Die erste auflage meines atlas del' spaltlampenmikroskopie (1921) war schon wenige monate nach erscheinen vergriffen und bald waren auch die fremdsprachigen ubersetzungen nicht mehr erhaltlich.
Männliche Geschlechtsorgane
H. Chiari
Dieser buchtitel ist teil des digitalisierungsprojekts springer book archives mit publikationen, die seit den anfangen des verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Lebensnerven und Lebenstriebe
L.R. Müller
Dieser buchtitel ist teil des digitalisierungsprojekts springer book archives mit publikationen, die seit den anfangen des verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
George Foreman's Indoor Grilling Made Easy
George Foreman
George foreman's easy-to-follow cookbook written specifically for his indoor grills.
Unlikely Spy Catchers
Carla Kelly
Marvel Comics
Insight Editions
Star Wars
Insight Editions
DC Comics
Insight Editions
Slumberrific Sleepover Party (Groovy Girls)
Apple Jordan
Football Super Teams
Bill Gutman
Agrippa's Daughter
Howard Fast
A historical novel about israel in the years prior to the destruction of the second temple in jerusalem chronicles the life of queen berenice bat agrippa, a beautiful hasmonean princess and the daughter of king agrippa i, the king of israel, including her.
Dead Samurai, Vol.2
Aron Lusen
Dream Vacation (Groovy Girls)
Diane Muldrow
Shoe Magic
Nikki Grimes
Nikki grimes is the recipient of the 2006 ncte award for excellence in poetry for children.
That's Right, That's Wrong!
Alan Katz
In the Moon of Red Ponies
James Lee Burke
In the moon of red ponies, billy bob holland discovers that jail cells have revolving doors and the bad guys are back and aching for revenge.
Flip-O-Matic: Instant Language Arts
Mark Shulman
Jelly-Bean Jam (Totally Spies!)
Tracey West
The Dancers of Arun
Elizabeth Lynn
In the second entry of lynn's fantasy trilogy begun in watchtower, kel, one of the chearis, the dancing warriors of arun, teaches his brother kerris the beauty of patterning, which has given order, peace, and beauty to the cheari culture.
Best Of The Best;Soccer, Rvsd (Women of Sports)
Rachel Rutledge
Focuses on the best women soccer players today including michelle akers, joy fawcett, carin gabarra, mia hamm, kristine luly, and others..
The Immigrants
Howard Fast
In a passionate, multigenerational novel set against the backdrop of san francisco, the son of an italian fisherman struggles from the rubble of the great earthquake to build a shipping empire.
School Stinks! (Blobheads)
Robert Stewart