The Architecture of Computer Hardware and System Software: An Information Technology Approach

by Englander, Irv

• ISBN13: 9780471362098
• ISBN10: 0471362093
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface.

PART 1: AN OVERVIEW OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS.

Computer Systems.

PART 2: DATA IN THE COMPUTER.

Number Systems.

Data Formats.

Representing Integer Data.

Floating Point Numbers.

PART 3: COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND HARDWARE OPERATION.

The Little Man Computer.

The CPU and Memory.

Input/Output.

Computer Peripherals.

CPU Design and Organization.

Modern Computer Systems.

Three System Examples.

PART 4: COMPUTER INTERCONNECTION AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS.

Clusters, Networks, and Data Communications.

PART 5: THE SOFTWARE COMPONENT.

Operating Systems--An Overview.

The User View of Operating Systems.

The Internal Operating System.

File Management.

Programming Tools.

Three Operating Systems.

Supplementary Chapter 1: An Introduction to Digital Computer Logic.

Supplementary Chapter 2: Communication Channel Technology.

Bibliography.

Index.