Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 provided by Syndetics

• 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

Author notes provided by Syndetics