The elements of computing systems :

Nisan, Noam

The elements of computing systems : building a modern computer from first principles / by Noam Nisan and Shimon Schocken - New Delhi : PHI Prentice Hall, 2005c. - xiv, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Index included

Chapter 0: Introduction : hello, world below------------
Chapter 1: Boolean logic-----------------
Chapter 2: Boolean arithmetic-------------
Chapter 3: Sequential logic----------------
Chapter 4: Machine language----------------
Chapter 5: Computer architecture--------------
Chapter 6: Assembler---------------
Chapter 7: Virtual machine I : stack arithmetic-----------------
Chapter 8: Virtual machine II : program control-------------
Chapter 9: High-level language--------------
Chapter 10: Compiler I : syntax analysis--------------
Chapter 11: Compiler II : code generation------------
Chapter 12: Operating system-------------
Chapter 13: Postscript : more fun to go-----------------

"Unlike other texts that cover only one aspect of the field, The Elements of Computing Systems gives students an integrated and rigorous picture of applied computer science, as it comes to play in the construction of a simple yet powerful computer systems.".

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Electronic digital computers.

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