![]() ![]() ![]() Along with new chapters, Petzold has created a new website,, that uses animated interactive graphics to make computers even easier to comprehend.įrom the simple ticking of clocks to the worldwide hum of the internet, Code reveals the essence of the digital revolution. A Microsoft MVP for Client Application Development and a Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, currently in its sixth edition and one of the best-known programming books of all time the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software and more than a dozen other books. This new expanded edition explores more deeply the bit-by-bit, gate-by-gate construction of the heart of every smart device the central processing unit that combines the simplest of basic operations to perform the most complex of feats. Youll discover what fl ashlights, black cats, seesaws, and the ride of Paul Revere can teach you about computing - and how human ingenuity and our compulsion to communicate have shaped every electronic device we use. Cleverly illustrated and easy to understand, this is the book that cracks the mystery. ![]() Have you ever wondered what goes on inside these devices to make our lives easier but occasionally more infuriating?įor more than 20 years, readers have delighted in Charles Petzolds illuminating story of the secret inner life of computers, and now he has revised it for this new age of computing. ![]() Computers are everywhere - most obviously in our laptops and smartphones, but also our cars, televisions, microwave ovens, alarm clocks, robot vacuum cleaners, and other smart appliances. ![]()
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