TY  - BOOK
AU  - White,Ron
AU  - Downs,Timothy Edward
TI  - How computers work / 
SN  - 0789734249 (pbk.)
AV  - QA76.5 .W45 2006
U1  - 004.16 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Indianapolis, Ind.
PB  - Que
KW  - Microcomputers
KW  - Computer engineering
KW  - Popular works
N1  - Includes index; pt. 1. Boot-up process -- 1. Getting to know the hardware -- 2. How a disk boot wakes up your PC -- 3. How an operating system controls hardware -- pt. 2. Microchips -- 4. How transistors manipulate data -- 5. How a microprocessor works -- pt. 3. How software works -- 6. How programming languages work -- 7. How Windows works -- 8. How software applications do your work -- pt. 4. Data storage -- 9. How a computer's long-term memory works -- 10. How disk drives save information -- 11. How the little things make disk drives faster and store more -- 12. How PCs use light to remember data -- 13. How removable storage works -- pt. 5. Input/output devices -- 14. How energy turns into data -- 15. How computer ports work -- 16. How a computer display works -- 17. How data gets into your PC -- 18. How scanners capture images and words -- 19. How portable computers work -- 20. How digital cameras work -- pt. 6. Games and multimedia -- 21. How multimedia sound works -- 22. How multimedia video works -- 23. How games put you in the action -- pt. 7. How the Internet works -- 24. How local area networks work -- 25. How PCs connect to the Internet -- 26. How wireless sets PCs free -- 27. How the Internet moves data -- 28. How we reach each other through the Net -- 29. How Internet video and audio work -- 30. How the World Wide Web is a-changing -- 31. How Internet security fights off PC invaders -- pt. 8. How printers work -- 32. How black-and-white printing works -- 33. How color printing works
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