How Computers WorkThis is a premier four-color guide to PCs. Using hundreds of pages of detailed, color drawings, this book not only tells, but shows readers everything from how a signal travels through a circuit to why a game controller works. The information is presented in an easy-to-understand, visual setting that explains the technology in simple terms. Fully-animated CD-ROM takes viewers on an up-close multimedia tour of the inside of a computer and its working parts. |
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