Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface - Introduction - Digital Logic Circuits - Data Representation and Computer Arithmetic - Fetching and Executing Instructions - The Motorola MC68000 - Computer Memory - Input-Output - Operating Systems - Reduced Instruction Set Computers - Parallel Architectures -Appendices: ASCII Table - Answers to Exercises - Index - Acronyms.

This text describes and illustrates how the hardware and software components that go to make up the computer and its environment are organized and interconnected, thereby providing an efficient machine capable of carrying out an extensive range of tasks.