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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 ecosystem: 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 to: Think like a software engineer as you use data to describe a real world concept Use Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws to analyze an electrical circuit Think like a computer as you practice binary addition and execute a program in your mind, step-by-step The book's projects will have you translate your learning into action, as you: Learn how to use a multimeter to measure resistance, current, and voltage Build a half adder to see how logical operations in hardware can be combined to perform useful functions Write a program in assembly language, then ex

Who reads How Computers Really Work : A Hands-On Guide to the Inner Workings of the Machine?

Author

Matthew Justice

Publisher

No Starch Press, Incorporated

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781718500662

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Computer Science, Technology, Engineering

Rating

4.8 / 5 (173 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14