Previous edition: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

$a Preface.About the Author.PART ONE. AN OVERVIEW OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS.Chapter 1. Computer Systems.PART TWO. DATA IN THE COMPUTER.Chapter 2. Number Systems.Chapter 3. Data Formats.Chapter 4. Representing Integer Data.Chapter 5. Floating Point Numbers.PART THREE. COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND HARDWARE OPERATION.Chapter 6. The Little Man Computer.Chapter 7. The CPU and Memory.Chapter 8. CPU and Memory: Design, Implementation, and Enhancement.Chapter 9. Input/Output.Chapter 10. Computer Peripherals.Chapter 11. Modern Computer Systems, Clusters, and Networks.Chapter 12. Three System Examples.PART FOUR. THE SOFTWARE COMPONENT.Chapter 13. Operating Systems: An Overview.Chapter 14. The User View of Operating Systems.Chapter 15. The Internal Operating System.Chapter 16. File Management.Chapter 17. Programming Tools.Chapter 18. Three Operating Systems.Supplementary Chapter 1. An Introduction to Digital Computer Logic.Supplementary Chapter 2. Instruction Addressing Modes.Supplementary Chapter 3. Communication Channel Technology.Bibliography.Index.

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