Bits to bitcoin
Subtitle: how our digital stuff works
By: Mark Stuart Day ; with illustrations by C.A. Jennings
Contributors: Jennings, C. A., illustrator
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780262037938
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Popular works; Computer science
Other titles: How our digital stuff works
Description: An accessible guide to our digital infrastructure, explaining the basics of operating systems, networks, security, and other topics for the general reader.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Single process; title: Steps; title: Processes; title: Names; title: Recursion; title: Limits: imperfect programs; title: Limits: perfect programs; title: Part 2. Interacting processes; title: Coordination; title: State, change, and equality; title: Controlled access; title: Interrupts; title: Virtualization; title: Separation; title: Packets; title: Browsing; title: Part 3. Unstoppable processes; title: Failure; title: Software failure; title: Reliable networks; title: Inside the cloud; title: Browsing revisited; title: Part 4. Defending processes; title: Attackers; title: Thompson's hack; title: Secrets; title: Secure channel, key distribution, and certificates; title: Bitcoin goals; title: Bitcoin mechanisms; title: Looking back.