فهرست مطالب

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• About the Author
• About the Tech Reviewers
• BRIEF CONTENTS
• CONTENTS IN DETAIL
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1: COMPUTING CONCEPTS
• Defining a Computer
• Analog and Digital
• Number Systems
• Bits and Bytes
• Prefixes
• Hexadecimal
• Summary
• Chapter 2: BINARY IN ACTION
• Representing Data Digitally
• Binary Logic
• Summary
• Chapter 3: ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
• Electrical Terms Defined
• Ohm’s Law
• Circuit Diagrams
• Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law
• Circuits in the Real World
• Light-Emitting Diodes
• Summary
• Project #1: Build and Measure a Circuit
• Project #2: Build a Simple LED Circuit
• Chapter 4: DIGITAL CIRCUITS
• What Is a Digital Circuit?
• Logic with Mechanical Switches
• The Amazing Transistor
• Logic Gates
• Designing with Logic Gates
• Integrated Circuits
• Summary
• Project #3: Build Logical Operators (AND, OR) with Transistors
• Project #4: Construct a Circuit with Logic Gates
• Chapter 5: MATH WITH DIGITAL CIRCUITS
• Binary Addition
• Half Adders
• Full Adders
• A 4-bit Adder
• Signed Numbers
• Unsigned Numbers
• Summary
• Project #5: Build a Half Adder
• Chapter 6: MEMORY AND CLOCK SIGNALS
• Sequential Logic Circuits and Memory
• The SR Latch
• Using the SR Latch in a Circuit
• Clock Signals
• JK Flip-Flops
• T Flip-Flops
• Using a Clock in a 3-Bit Counter
• Summary
• Project #6: Construct an SR Latch Using NOR Gates
• Project #7: Construct a Basic Vending Machine Circuit
• Project #8: Add a Delayed Reset to the Vending Machine Circuit
• Project #9: Using a Latch as a Manual Clock
• Project #10: Test a JK Flip-Flop
• Project #11: Construct a 3-bit Counter
• Chapter 7: COMPUTER HARDWARE
• Computer Hardware Overview
• Main Memory
• Central Processing Unit (CPU)
• Beyond Memory and Processor
• Bus Communication
• Summary
• Chapter 8: MACHINE CODE AND ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
• Software Terms Defined
• An Example Machine Instruction
• Calculating a Factorial in Machine Code
• Summary
• Project #12: Factorial in Assembly
• Project #13: Examining Machine Code
• Chapter 9: HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMING
• High-Level Programming Overview
• Introduction to C and Python
• Comments
• Variables
• Stack and Heap Memory
• Math
• Logic
• Program Flow
• Functions
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Compiled or Interpreted
• Calculating a Factorial in C
• Summary
• Project #14: Examine Variables
• Project #15: Change the Type of Value Referenced by a Variable in Python
• Project #16: Stack or Heap
• Project #17: Write a Guessing Game
• Project #18: Use a Bank Account Class in Python
• Project #19: Factorial in C
• Chapter 10: OPERATING SYSTEMS
• Programming Without an Operating System
• Operating Systems Overview
• Operating System Families
• Kernel Mode and User Mode
• Processes
• Threads
• Virtual Memory
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• The User Mode Bubble and System Calls
• APIs and System Calls
• Operating System Software Libraries
• Application Binary Interface
• Device Drivers
• Filesystems
• Services and Daemons
• Security
• Summary
• Project #20: Examine Running Processes
• Project #21: Create a Thread and Observe It
• Project #22: Examine Virtual Memory
• Project #23: Try the Operating System API
• Project #24: Observe System Calls
• Project #25: Use glibc
• Project #26: View Loaded Kernel Modules
• Project #27: Examine Storage Devices and Filesystems
• Project #28: View Services
• Chapter 11: THE INTERNET
• Networking Terms Defined
• The Internet Protocol Suite
• A Trip Through the Internet
• Foundational Internet Capabilities
• Networking Is Computing
• Summary
• Project #29: Examine the Link Layer
• Project #30: Examine the Internet Layer
• Project #31: Examine Port Usage
• Project #32: Trace the Route to a Host on the Internet
• Project #33: See Your Leased IP Address
• Project #34: Is Your Device’s IP Public or Private?
• Project #35: Find Information in DNS
• Chapter 12: THE WORLD WIDE WEB
• Overview of the World Wide Web
• The Languages of the Web
• Web Browsers
• Web Servers
• Summary
• Project #36: Examine HTTP Traffic
• Project #37: Run Your Own Web Server
• Project #38: Return HTML from Your Web Server
• Project #39: Add CSS to Your Website
• Project #40: Add JavaScript to Your Website
• Chapter 13: MODERN COMPUTING
• Apps
• Virtualization and Emulation
• Cloud Computing
• The Deep Web and Dark Web
• Bitcoin
• Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
• The Internet of Things
• Summary
• Project #41: Use Python to Control a Vending Machine Circuit
• Appendix A: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES
• Appendix B: RESOURCES
• INDEX