Exploring Computer Hardware - 2022 Edition by Kevin Wilson

Exploring Computer Hardware - 2022 Edition by Kevin Wilson

Bits, bytes, logic, RAM, CPUs, hard drives and SSD drives. Master the geeky acronyms and simplify computer hardware & terminology with ease. This book is great for beginners or a basic computing class.

Exploring Computer Hardware looks at:

• The microcomputer, mainframes and super computers
• Hardware components
• CPU architecture, instructions sets, and the fetch execute cycle
• Computer ports and plugs
• Network topologies, LANs, WANs, MANs, fibre optics and ethernet
• WiFi and Cellular networks
• The internet: email, the cloud, the world-wide web
• IP Addressing, web servers, DNS servers and DHCP servers
• TCP/IP model, OSI model, ports, sockets
• Logic gates, binary arithmetic, two's complement, floating point, hexadecimal, and base conversions
• Data Storage: bits, bytes, kilo bytes, kibi bytes, megabytes...
• Data compression, encryption, sort, and search algorithms, and more

Techniques are illustrated step-by-step using photography, illustrations, video demos, and screen prints throughout, together with concise, easy to follow text from an established expert in the field, provide a comprehensive guide to computer hardware.

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Kevin Wilson is the author of the novels The Family Fang, which was converted into an acclaimed film starring Nicole Kidman, and Perfect Little World, as well as the story collections Tunneling to the Core of the Earth, which won the Shirley Jackson Award, and Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine, which won the Shirley Jackson Award. With his wife and two sons, he resides in Sewanee, Tennessee.