How Computers Work

by Ron White

Paperback, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

004.16

Collection

Publication

Que (2001), 6th Edition, Paperback

Description

Take a trip through the neural pathways and vital organs of your personal computer with the newest edition of this long-standing bestseller. Glorious full color illustrations make even the most complex subjects easy to understand. Follow PC/Computing senior editor and computer expert Ron White as he shows you the cutting edge technologies, including the Internet, multimedia sound and video, Pentium processors, local bus architecture, Plug and Play, CD-ROM, digital cameras, color printing, and more in new chapters on the hottest, and coolest, PC components.

User reviews

LibraryThing member AlexTheHunn
A good guide for the novice. But technology books suffer from short shelf lives. This one is no exception. A 1993 computer is practically an antique in that ephemeral world.

Language

Physical description

9.9 inches

ISBN

0789725495 / 9780789725493

UPC

029236725495
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