num_pages: 392
description: An approachable hands-on guide to understanding how computers work from low-level circuits to high-level code.How Computers Really Work is a hands-on guide to the computing everything from circuits to memory and clock signals machine code programming languages operating systems and the internet.But you won't just read about these concepts you'll test your knowledge with exercises and practice what you learn with 41 optional hands-on projects. Build digital circuits craft a guessing game convert decimal numbers to binary examine virtual memory usage run your own web server and more.Explore concepts like how The book's projects will have you translate your learning into action as And since a picture is worth a thousand bytes chapters are filled with detailed diagrams and illustrations to help clarify technical complexities. The projects require a variety of hardware - electronics projects need a breadboard power supply and various circuit components; software projects are performed on a Raspberry Pi. Appendix B contains a complete list. Even if you skip the projects the book's major concepts are clearly presented in the main text.
language: English
title: How Computers Really Work
publisher: No Starch Press