This hands-on tutorial is a broad examination of how a modern computer works.
Classroom tested for over a decade, it gives readers a firm understanding of
how computers do what they do, covering essentials like data storage, logic
gates and transistors, data types, the CPU, assembly, and machine code.
Introduction to Computer Organization gives programmers a practical
understanding of what happens in a computer when you execute your code. You
may never have to write x86-64 assembly language or design hardware yourself,
but knowing how the hardware and software works will give you greater control
and confidence over your coding decisions. We start with high level
fundamental concepts like memory organization, binary logic, and data types
and then explore how they are implemented at the assembly language level.
The goal isn’t to make you an assembly programmer, but to help you comprehend
what happens behind the scenes between running your program and seeing “Hello
World” displayed on the screen. Classroom-tested for over a decade, this book
will demystify topics like:
How to translate a high-level language code into assembly language
How the operating system manages hardware resources with exceptions and
interrupts
How data is encoded in memory
How hardware switches handle decimal data
How program code gets transformed into machine code the computer understands
How pieces of hardware like the CPU, input/output, and memory interact to make
the entire system work
Author Robert Plantz takes a practical approach to the material, providing
examples and exercises on every page, without sacrificing technical details.
Learning how to think like a computer will help you write better programs, in
any language, even if you never look at another line of assembly code again.
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