How computers work / Ron White ; illustrated by Timothy Edward Downs.
Series: How it works series (Emeryville, Calif.)Publication details: Emeryville, Calif. : Ziff-Davis Press, c1993.Description: xii, 202 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:- 1562760947 :
- PC/Computing (New York, N.Y.)
- 004 20 WHI
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. How the Power on Self Test Works
Chapter 2. How a Disk Boot Works
Chapter 3. How an Operating System work
Chapter 4. How a transition works
Chapter 5. How RAM Works
Chapter 6. How a microprocessor works
chapter 7. How a RAM Cache works
Chapter 8. How Disk Storage works
Chapter 9. How a Floppy Disk Works
chapter 10. How a Hard Disk Works
Chapter 11. How a Disk Cache Works
Chapter 12 How a CD-ROM Drive Works
Chapter 13. How a Magneto-Optical Drive Works
Chapter 14. How a Bernoulli Drive Works
Chapter 15. How a Tape Back Drive Works
Chapter 16. How a Drive Array Works
Chapter 17. How a BUS Works
Chapter 18. How a keyboard Works
Chapter 19. How a Computer Display works
Chapter 20. How a Serial Port Works
Chapter 21. How a parallel Port works
Chapter 22 How a mouse Works
Chapter 23 How a modem Works
Chapter 24. How A scanner and Optical Character Recognition Work
Chapter 25. How a pen-Based Computer works
Chapter 26. How LAN Topologies work
Chapter 27. How Network Communications work
Chapter 28 How Bitmapped and Outline Fonts Work
Chapter 29. How a Dot-Matrix Printer Works
Chapter 30. How a Laser Printer Works
Chapter 31. How a Ink-Jet printer Works
Chapter 32. How a Color Thermal Printer Works
Includes index.
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