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How Computers Really Work
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How Computers Really Work

by Matthew Justice
December 2020
Beginner
380 pages
10h 54m
English
No Starch Press
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Index

Numbers

8086 processor, 124

555 integrated circuit, 110

4-bit adder, 80–81

9-volt battery, 40

7400 series, 63

part numbers, 334

7408 integrated circuit, 65, 68

74191 integrated circuit, 103

7473 integrated circuit, 111

7432 integrated circuit, 65, 68

7402 integrated circuit, 65

6 degrees of freedom (6DoF), 307

3-bit counter, 101–103

3 degrees of freedom (3DoF), 307

2N2222 transistor, 66

0b prefix, 7

0x prefix, 12

A

ABI (application binary interface), 214

AC (alternating current), 35

active low, 112

additive color model, 23

address

broadcast, 242

bus, 134

IP, 239

private, 249

static, 247

memory, 119

space

32-bit, 205

64-bit, 206

physical, 132

virtual, 204

of variable, 162

web, 262

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), 124

Alibaba Cloud, ...

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