The secret life of programs : understand computers--craft better code / by Jonathan E. Steinhart
By: Steinhart, Jonathan E [author].
Publisher: San Francisco : No Starch Press, ©2019Description: 464 p: illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781593279707; 1593279701.Subject(s): Computer programming | Programming languages (Electronic computers) | Browsers (Computer programs)Genre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | QA76.6 .S735 2019 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000016524 |
Includes index
The internal language of computers -- Combinatorial logic -- Sequential logic -- Computer anatomy -- Computer architecture -- Communications breakdown -- Organizing data -- Language processing -- The web browser -- Application and system programming -- Shortcuts and approximations -- A day at the races -- Security -- Machine intelligence -- Real-world considerations
"Presents essential information about how computers work, including many broad topics, such as how computers process languages, how programs manipulate data in memory, and how web browsers work"--