Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software View Larger Image | Charles Petzold
Microsoft Press, Paperback, Published October 2000, 393 pages, ISBN 0735611319 | List Price: $17.99
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The secret language of 0s and 1s revealed!
What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to
do with computers? In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language
and invent new means of communicating with each other. And through CODE, we
see how this ingenuity and our very human compulsion to communicate have driven
the technological innovations of the past two centuries.
Using everyday objects and familiar language systems such as Braille and Morse
code, author Charles Petzold weaves an illuminating narrative for anyone who’s
ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines.
It’s a cleverly illustrated and eminently comprehensible story—and along the
way, you’ll discover you’ve gained a real context for understanding today’s
world of PCs, digital media, and the Internet. No matter what your level of
technical savvy, CODE will charm you—and perhaps even awaken the technophile
within.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Best Friends
Chapter 2 Codes and Combinations
Chapter 3 Braille and Binary Codes
Chapter 4 Anatomy of a Flashlight
Chapter 5 Seeing Around Corners
Chapter 6 Telegraphs and Relays
Chapter 7 Our Ten Digits
Chapter 8 Alternatives to 10
Chapter 9 Bit by Bit by Bit
Chapter 10 Logic and Switches
Chapter 11 Gates (Not Bill)
Chapter 12 A Binary Adding Machine
Chapter 13 But What About Subtraction?
Chapter 14 Feedback and Flip-Flops
Chapter 15 Bytes and Hex
Chapter 16 An Assemblage of Memory
Chapter 17 Automation
Chapter 18 From Abaci to Chips
Chapter 19 Two Classic Microprocessors
Chapter 20 ASCII and a Cast of Characters
Chapter 21 Get on the Bus
Chapter 22 The Operating System
Chapter 23 Fixed Point, Floating Point
Chapter 24 Languages High and Low
Chapter 25 The Blossoming
Acknowledgment
Index
About the Author
Charles Petzold is the author of "Programming Windows", one of the bestselling
computer programming books of all time. For those who are not programmers and
who have not read his previous books, it is worth stressing that Charles is
also an excellent writer with a natural style and voice that suit this subject
and its readership.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 3 Average Customer Rating: Apr 10, 2003
Amazing from the beginning to the end
I loved this book. I never took an EE class and always wanted to, this book really satisfies that craving for knowledge in this area. I can't believe the price, what a great amount of information in this really well written book.
It's like listening to a one on one talk from someone you know. Great diagrams.
Sep 4, 2001 A review from Cleveland, Ohio USA
Very good book
Explains a lot. A five star book. Get it. However, some areas could use a quick explanation of things are done on modern chips/processors.
Apr 20, 2001
From bits to GUIs
Well organized and written book explains the basics of bits better than any book I've read. It's definitely a "So that's how that works..." type of book. Book blurb claims it's comprehensible for non-techies but I'm not so sure about that.
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