Exploring Computer Hardware - 2022 Edition

Bits, bytes, logic, RAM, CPUs, hard drives and SSD drives. Master the geeky acronyms and simplify computer hardware & terminology with ease. This book is great for beginners or a basic computing class. Exploring Computer Hardware looks at: * The microcomputer, mainframes and super computers * Hardware components * CPU architecture, instructions sets, and the fetch execute cycle * Computer ports and plugs * Network topologies, LANs, WANs, MANs, fibre optics and ethernet * WiFi and Cellular networks * The internet: email, the cloud, the world-wide web * IP Addressing, web servers, DNS servers and DHCP servers * TCP/IP model, OSI model, ports, sockets * Logic gates, binary arithmetic, two's complement, floating point, hexadecimal, and base conversions * Data Storage: bits, bytes, kilo bytes, kibi bytes, megabytes... * Data compression, encryption, sort, and search algorithms, and moreTechniques are illustrated step-by-step using photography, illustrations, video demos, and screen prints