Exploring Computer Hardware

The Illustrated Guide to Understanding Computer Hardware, Components, Peripherals & Networks

By: Kevin Wilson

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eText | 4 July 2022 | Edition Number 1

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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.