How Computers WorkHow Computers Work shows you how chips, software, memory, and hardware work using detailed four-color drawings. An interactive game-like CD-ROM takes you directly inside your computer. This book is completely updated and revised to include the latest technology developments. An updated introduction to the workings of the computer explores the basics of microchips, hardware, software, and computer memory, providing an entertaining and informative tour of every part of the computer, from hard drive and processor to mouse, monitor, and keyboard. Also takes you through the workings of digital cameras, ebooks, Bluetooth, and much more. |
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... mouse combined with a graphic interface . Mouse innovations , if anything , have been stranger than keyboards . I've used pointing devices that looked like ballpoint pens , that were worn as a ring , and controlled with your feet . They ...
... mouse combined with a graphic interface . Mouse innovations , if anything , have been stranger than keyboards . I've used pointing devices that looked like ballpoint pens , that were worn as a ring , and controlled with your feet . They ...
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... mouse . Apple Computer made the mouse a standard feature of its Macintosh computers , and Windows has made a mouse standard equipment on PCs , as well . The mouse is not the only pointing device that's been invented . The joystick used ...
... mouse . Apple Computer made the mouse a standard feature of its Macintosh computers , and Windows has made a mouse standard equipment on PCs , as well . The mouse is not the only pointing device that's been invented . The joystick used ...
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... mouse works without any moving parts . An optical mouse shines a small light mounted on its bottom side onto almost any type of surface . The light allows a CMOS digital camera to take an extreme close - up of the shapes , ripples ...
... mouse works without any moving parts . An optical mouse shines a small light mounted on its bottom side onto almost any type of surface . The light allows a CMOS digital camera to take an extreme close - up of the shapes , ripples ...
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analog analog signal application audio binary BIOS bitmap bits browser buffer BYTE cable cache called CD-ROM cell Chapter chip circuit clusters color command components compression computer's connection connectors contains controller created database device disc disk drive display dots electrical electronic ENIAC FILE ALLOCATION TABLE format frequency graphics hard drive hardware IBM PC input instructions Internet joystick keyboard language layer light magnetic memory microprocessor Microsoft modem monitor mouse move multimedia Napster onscreen operating system packets paper PC's Pentium personal computer pixels printer processor radio read/write heads record scanner SCSI sends serial port server signals slots sound speed spreadsheet storage stored surface switches tape texture maps tion track transistor turn vacuum tubes VFAT VisiCalc voltage Windows wires