The Complete PC Upgrade & Maintenance Guide, 12th Ed.
Edition: 12th Bk&Cr edition
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Published: August 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1664
ISBN-13: 9780782129908
Subjects: Upgrading; Microcomputer Maintenance And Repair (General); Computers; Computers - General Information; Computer Books: General; Microcomputers; Computer Architecture - Repair & Maintenance; PCs (IBM-compatible personal computers); Systems management; Hardware - Personal Computers - General; Maintenance and repair
First sentence: Basically, PC hardware boils down to three kinds of devices: the central processing unit (CPU) (or, as more and more machines offer multiprocessor capabilities, the CPU's), peripherals (the input, output, and storage devices that the CPU needs in order to do actual work), and in-between devices that I'll generically call controllers or adapters.