Part 1: What Makes a Computer a Computer
CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 1 THE GHOSTLY LEGOS OF COMPUTING
CHAPTER 2 HOW COMPUTERS REMEMBER
CHAPTER 3 HOW A MICROPROCESSOR JUGGLES DATA
CHAPTER 4 HOW MOTHERBOARDS CREATE A SYMPHONY OF DATA
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
—Nikola Tesla
Those of us who studied physics in high school half a century ago had to learn about the six simple machines. They were the wheel and axle, level, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw—all centuries-old tools that made physical work easier. The explanations of how they saved us labor were invariably accompanied ...
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