How Computers Work
Ron White
SKU: 9788183335997
ISBN: 9788183335997
Authors: Ron White
Rights: Worldwide
Publishing Date: July 2016
Pages: 361
Weight:
Dimension: 25.5 X 20.5 X 1.5 cm
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Chapter 1: The Ghostly LEGOs of Computing
   How Waves Take the Universe on a Joy Ride, How Information Rides the Waves
   How Electromagnetism Is the Ghost in the Machine
   How We Control Electricity
   How Computers Create Our World Using Numbers
Chapter 2: How Computers Remember
   How a Little Transistor Does Big Jobs
   Writing Data to RAM
   Reading Data from RAM
   How Flash Memory Remembers When the Switch is Off
Chapter 3: How a Little Microprocessor Does Big Things
   How a Processor Tracks Numbers
   How a Processor Does Math
   How a Processor Moves Data
   How Multi-Core Processors Work
   How Desktop CPUs Keep It Complex
   How Mobile CPUs Keep It Simple
Chapter 4: How Motherboards Conduct a Symphony of Data
   How a Motherboard Brings It All Together
   How the Chipset Directs Traffic
   How PCI-Express Breaks the Bus Barrier
Chapter 5: How Words Are Stitched into Programs
   How a Program Is a Roadmap
   How Software Interpreters Generate Action
   How a Compiler Churns Out Software
Chapter 6: How Applications Work So You Can Play
   How Text SHOUTS and WhispersÂ
   How Databases Track Everything
   How Databases Pack it In
   How Databases Make Connections
   How Spreadsheets Solve Formulas
   How Numbers Become Pictures
   How Art Is Compressed to Save Space
   How Imaging Software Paints by Numbers
   How Photo Editors Revive Old Memories
   How Apps Fuel Mobile Devices
Chapter 7: How Games Create New Worlds
   How Computers Plot a 3D World
   How 3D Gets Dressed
   How Shaders Control the World
   How Games Populate New Worlds
Chapter 8: How Security Software Fights Off Invaders
   How Computer Hackers Break In
   How Spyware Reports Everything You Do
   How Viruses Invade Your Computer
   How Viruses Hitch Rides in Your Email
   How Antivirus Software Fights Back
   How Firewalls Keep Hackers Out
   How Spammers Find You
   How Antispam Software Sniffs Out Phony Email
   How Prime Numbers Protect Prime Secrets
Chapter 9: The Origins of Computer DNA
   Fossils of the Premobilian Era
   Persistent Relics: The Mouse
   Persistent Relics: The Keyboard
   How the Workaday Floppy Drive Ruled
   How the CRT Was the Grande Dame of Displays
   How the Impact Printer Was Right on the Spot
   The Unlikely Progenitor to the Internet: The Dialup Modem
   How Cabling Was Worse: Serial
   How Cabling Was Worse: Parallel
   How the Power Supply Hasn’t Changed
   How the iPhone Made It Slick
Chapter 10: How Small Mutations Pay Off Big
   How USB Really Is Universal
   How Little Bits Add Up to Big Changes
   How File Compression Makes Files Smaller
   How Solid State Drives Command the Instant
   How Solid State Drives Take Out the Trash
   How PCs Use Light to Remember
   How Optical Disc Drives Write with Light
Chapter 11: Honey, I’ve Shrunk the PC...
   How Computers Get Smaller… and Better
   How iPods Dish Out Media
   How eInk Puts Words on Your eReader
   How All Those Smarts Got Packed into a Smartphone
   How Google Glass Makes Us Cyborgs
Chapter 12: Evolution of the Super Computer
   How Video Cards Break the Game Barrier
   How Overclocking Multiplies Time
   How a PC Keeps Its Cool
   How Advanced Cooling Refrigerates Your PC
   How Jailbreaking Frees Your Devices
Chapter 13: How Cameras Capture Memories
   How Digital Cameras Capture the Moment
   How Autofocus Clears the Picture
   How Cameras Choose an Exposure
Chapter 14: How We Stay in Touch
   How Your Smartphone Knows Where You Are
   How Devices Recognize Our Touch
   How Glass Becomes Strong and Supple
   How Game Controllers Let You Play
   How Game Controllers Let You Feel the Force
   How Smartphones Get Good Vibrations
   How Devices Capture Light
   How a Flatbed Simplifies Scanning
   How Codes Keep Track of Everything (Everything!)
   How Optical Character Recognition Works
Chapter 15: How a Computer Creates Visions
   How an LCD Creates Glowing Colors
   How Plamsa Displays Glow
   How DLP Spins Colors
   How OLED Lights Up a New Generation of Displays
   How 3D Makes You Duck
Chapter 16: How Computers Tickle Your Ears
   How Your Device Listens
   How Speakers Sound Off
   How Digital Sound Tricks Your Ear
   How 3D Audio Surrounds You
Chapter 17: How Networks Tie Computers Together
   How Computers Connect to Each Other
   How Data Travels Between Computers
   How Wi-Fi Makes the Internet Portable
   How Bluetooth Keeps Devices Connected
   How NFC Lets Smart Devices Make Close Calls
Chapter 18: How the Internet Brings Us the World
   How Broadband Crams in the Data
   How DSL Turbocharges a Phone Line
   How Cable Brings the Internet to Your Neighborhood
   How Fiber Optics Lights Up the Future
   How Computers Make Phone Calls
   How Cellular Evolved
   How Networks Talk with Each Other
   How Information Travels the Internet
   How Online Services Serenade You
   How Movies Flow into Your Home
Chapter 19: How the Web Puts It All at Your Fingertips
   How a Browser Opens Pages
   How a Browser Displays Web Pages
   How Cookies Trade Crumbs of Data
   How Google Knows Everything
   How eBay Sells Everything
Chapter 20: How We Keep in Touch the Internet Way
   How Email Outraces Snail Mail
   How Facebook Lets Your Cat Go Viral
   How Twitter Changes Communication
   How Internet File Sharing Works
   How BitTorrents Spread the Wealth
   How Clouds Encompass Us All
Chapter 21: How Black and White Printing Works
   How Printers Make Cookie Cutter Text
   How Outline Fonts Set the Imagination Free
   How a Printer Writes with Light
Chapter 22: Printing Gutenberg Never Imagined
   How Printers Create Color
   Ho an Ink-jet Sprays Images
   How a Printer Spits Out Photographs
   How a Laser Printer Creates in Color
   How a Solid Ink Color Printer Works
   How Printers Create in 3D