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Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, 6th Edition
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Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, 6th Edition

by Linda Null
April 2023
Intermediate to advanced
750 pages
33h 54m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Preface

TO THE STUDENT

This is a book about computer organization and architecture. It focuses on the function and design of the various components necessary to process information digitally. Computing systems are presented as a series of layers, starting with low-level hardware and progressing to higher-level software, including assemblers and operating systems. These levels constitute a hierarchy of virtual machines. The study of computer organization focuses on this hierarchy and the issues involved with how to partition the levels and how each level is implemented. The study of computer architecture focuses ...

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ISBN: 9781284259445