This book takes the most common computer problems and tells you how to fix them. It’s as simple as that! If you’ve ever wondered why your laptop won’t turn on, you can’t get a WiFi connection, your printer isn’t printing, or why everything is so slow ...

This book starts out very simple and gets more complex as it goes along, but everything is explained. The processor and memory are mainly covered. It explains in great detail the operation of a simple but functional computer.

To understand how a computer works, it is essential to understand the digital circuits which make up the CPU. This text introduces the most important of these digital circuits; adders, decoders, multiplexers, D flip-flops, and simple state machines.

With this straightforward, easy to follow guide, aspiring programmers can now learn the craft without feeling overwhelmed and develop cool gadgets and complex robots - this book was written to show you just how easy it is to get started.

This book not only covers the inner workings of loads of the hardware and software from the 1980s and 1990s, but also shows you how to build your own retro PC with a modern twist and also emulate DOS on Raspberry Pi.

Build a computer from start to finish as easily as following a recipe with this highly visual and instructive guide. It walks you through every step of the process - from purchasing parts to installing operating systems and add-ons - in clear, easy-to-understand way.

This book introduces power management technologies and techniques used in energy efficient servers, includes a deep examination of different features used in processors, memory, interconnects, I/O devices, and other platform components.

This book presents a visual expert system for diagnosing component failure and identifying conflicts. The seventeen diagnostic flowcharts at the core of this book are intended for the intermediate to advanced hobbyist, or the beginning technician.

It takes you through all of the steps to create a powerful computer system. It contains over 120 photographs to guide you through the process, includes sample designs for computer systems that emphasize such uses as gaming, video editing, etc.

This guide is written in easy language and contains a lot of illustrations. The author would like to give you enough insight into and confidence about your PC's workings that you would dare to upgrade your PC, or build your next PC yourself.

The purpose of the book is to take a basic computer system and show you how every part works. It is taught from a technicians point of view, not an engineer's. It covers electronic components, logic circuits, CPU, computer system, assembly language, etc.

The book is designed for using the computer arithmetic of geometrical figures in their own research and development in the field of specialized processors. It covers both the affine transformations and the figures coding theory

The story of 19 of those computers - the tales of missed deadlines, technical faults, business interference, and the unheralded geniuses who brought to the UK everything from the Dragon 32 and ZX81, to the Amstrad CPC 464 and Commodore Amiga.

Using everyday objects and familiar language systems such as Braille and Morse code, the author weaves an illuminating narrative for anyone who's ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines.

Building a computer can be a very rewarding experience. Since you're reading this, you're probably thinking about building your next computer instead of buying one pre-built. Beginning from picking the parts, structuring, and so on to turn into an ideal PC.

This book is for people who would like to understand how computers work, without having to learn a lot of technical details. Only the most important things about computers are covered. There is no math except some simple arithmetic.

The purpose of this book is to give the reader a better understanding of how computers really work at a lower level than in programming languages like Pascal. It has extensive coverage of interfacing assembly and C code.

If you are interested in computers, their function and operation, but are discouraged by their complexity, you should read this book. It deals as simply as possible with the principles, and the combination of carefully written text and instructive illustrations should give older students a good basic knowledge of what computers are all about.

This book is the only book that is written for both novice and more experienced computer users. It provides easy to follow computer speedup and maintenance instructions written in plain English.

This desktop encyclopedia contains more than 10,000 terms, which are explained accurately and lucidly. There 800 illustrations that are used to show devices and clarify concepts.

Measure the world, record the data and display it graphically. The book is written to help those who want to get started interfacing computers with the physical world and turning recorded information into visual data.

This book is primarily oriented toward system programmers and computer security experts. In addition, electronic engineers, pc technicians and computer enthusiasts can also benefit a lot from this book.

It's the one book that covers everything today's beginners and near-beginners need to know: not just about Windows, but also about software, hardware, and the Internet. It explains complicated concepts simply and clearly, and empowering beginners.

Complete with helpful hints on how to avoid beginner mistakes, a list of extras and accessories you may want for your PC, and insider tips from a PC guru. Every programmer needs to understand the hardware they're programming and how PC hardware and software interact.

This book will help you troubleshoot your laptop problem and take the most cost effective approach to repairing it, getting it repaired, or replacing it. It includes twelve full page troubleshooting flowcharts for laptop hardware troubleshooting and explanatory text for every decision point.

This practical guide to designing electronic circuits using small computers and programmable calculators makes it easy to implement both classical and sophisticated design techniques.

This part will break the computer down into its different components focusing on the Chassis, Power Supply and Motherboard. It will describe each component and function, explain the different specifications to look out for and provide a bit of history, too.

This part will break the computer down into its different components focusing on the CPU, RAM, Storage, Video Card and Expansions.

This book is a proven, step by step, illustrated manual, that will show how to easily and quickly speed up a computer and improve performance and reliability.

This book offers a realistic picture of making it on your own. Bestselling author, Morris Rosenthal, has 15 years of experience in the computer business, building and repairing thousands of PCs and helping hundreds of customers.

This book tells the history of the origins of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As the field that seeks to do things that would be considered intelligent if a human being did them, AI is a constant of human thought.

This book tells the story of the development, during the 1960s and 1970s, of AI, the field that sought to get computers to do things that would be considered intelligent if a person did them. Watching advances of the 1960s and 1970s by the efforts of AI founders.

This document discusses operating systems that Apple has created in the past, and many that it tried to create. Through this discussion, we will come across several technologies the confluence of which eventually led to Mac OS X.

This book is an exciting history of the personal computer revolution - the only book that provides such comprehensive coverage. It not only describes the hardware and software, but also the companies and people who made it happen.

With the complete amateur in mind who has no tech knowledge whatsoever, this guide will show you how to build your own PC! It is so easy to follow, even your technophobe grandmother could do it.

This handbook is designed to help you find ways to maintain your Windows PC and ensure it remains clean and speedy throughout its life.

The guide covers three major categories: (1) Upgrading your system, (2) Tuning up/speeding up your PC, (3) Emergency troubleshooting

It covers the basics - the things you must do, the software you must run and the concepts you need to be aware of - to keep your computer and your data safe as you use the internet.

Defensive Computing Techniques to Help You Avoid Malware and Data Loss. This handbook is designed to help you find ways to protect your Windows XP/Vista/7 PC and ensure your data is safe.

This book describes RAND1s contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, etc..

This book is one of the most hardcore computer programming books out there. Starting with the fundamentals, it describes the most advanced features of the most advanced language: Common Lisp.

This book explains what HPC is and shows how it can help you or others within your company.

This guide will focus specifically on home networking. Setting up a network that will be used by a small number of computers and other devices, all of which are owned by people living in a single home.

In this guide you'll find everything you need to know about the Raspberry Pi computer, its background, purpose, system specs, the software it runs and the amazing things it is capable of.

This book has been designed as a complete self-contained text for learning programming, using the Z80. It aims at providing a true level of competence to the person who wishes to program using this microprocessor.