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Review: How Computers Work (9th Edition)User Review - Samuel Kleiner - GoodreadsThis book is a fantastic starting point for learning how computers work. It covers both the programming of the machine such as how the operating system goes about computing equations, but also the ... Read full review Review: How Computers WorkUser Review - Joe - GoodreadsVery detailed I couldn't think of much that it missed out on the only thing was it sometimes got easy to get lost in the reading because it contained a lot of jargon but if u can get past that its great Read full review Related books
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