IBook How Computers Work

--D. Thiebaut 16:05, 18 January 2013 (EST)

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Table of Contents

• Preface
  • Why
  • Target
• Introduction
  • Steam Boy
  • Mechanical calculators
    • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, divisions...
  • Electricity
    • properties: easy storage, easy distribution, easy generation, fast, easy control
    • ON/OFF
  • Binary system versus decimal system.
  • Boolean Logic, George Boole.
  • Logic with electricity and switches
  • Shannon: Combining Logic and arithmetic
  • From the transistor to logic gates
  • Logic gate simulator