Englander, Irv.

The architecture of computer hardware and systems software : an information technology approach / by Irv Englander. - 2nd ed. - New York : Wiley, c2000. - xx, 764 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 739-750) and index.

Chapter 1. Computer Systems -- Chapter 2. Number Systems. -- Chapter 3. Data Formats. -- Chapter 4. Representing Integer Data. -- Chapter 5. Floating Point Numbers. -- Chapter 6. The Little Man Computer. -- Chapter 7. The CPU and Memory. -- Chapter 8. CPU and Memory: Design, Implementation, and Enhancement. -- Chapter 9. Input/Output. -- Chapter 10. Computer Peripherals. -- Chapter 11. Modern Computer Systems, Clusters, and Networks. -- Chapter 12. Three System Examples. -- Chapter 13. Operating Systems: An Overview. -- Chapter 14. The User View of Operating Systems. -- Chapter 15. The Internal Operating System. -- Chapter 16. File Management. -- Chapter 17. Programming Tools. -- Chapter 18. Three Operating Systems. -- Supplementary Chapter 1. An Introduction to Digital Computer Logic. -- Supplementary Chapter 2. Instruction Addressing Modes. -- Supplementary Chapter 3. Communication Channel Technology.

This newly revised reference presents fundamental computer hardware, systems software, and data concepts. It provides a careful, in depth, non-engineering introduction to the inner workings of modern computer systems. The book also features the latest advances in operating system design and computer interconnection.

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Computers.
Systems software.

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