Suzanne J. Matthews - Dive Into Systems: A Gentle Introduction to Computer Systems

A Gentle Introduction to Computer Systems

by Suzanne J. Matthews, Tia Newhall, and Kevin C. Webb

San Francisco

DIVE INTO SYSTEMS. Copyright 2022 by Suzanne J. Matthews, Tia Newhall, and Kevin C. Webb.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-7185-0137-9 (ebook)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Matthews, Suzanne J., author. | Newhall, Tia, author. | Webb, Kevin
C., author.
Title: Dive into systems : a gentle Introduction to computer systems /
Suzanne J. Matthews, Ph.D., West Point, Tia Newhall, Ph.D., Swarthmore
College, Kevin C. Webb, Ph.D., Swarthmore College.
Description: San Francisco : No Starch Press, [2021] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020047094 (print) | LCCN 2020047095 (ebook) | ISBN
9781718501362 (print) | ISBN 9781718501379 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Computer architecture. | Computer organization. | Computer
programming.
Classification: LCC QA76.9.A73 M376 2021 (print) | LCC QA76.9.A73 (ebook)
| DDC 004.2/2--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020047094
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020047095

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