Tabla de Contenidos: “…Copyright; CONTENTS; AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; 1 THE IDEAS MEN; SCIENCE AT WAR; THE MOORE SCHOOL: THE CRADLE OF ELECTRONIC COMPUTING; THE UNIVERSAL TURING MACHINE; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS, 1945-7; THE RICH TAPESTRY OF PROJECTS, 1948-54; 2 ACES AND DEUCES; TURING'S FIRST COMPUTER DESIGN; TOIL AND TROUBLE; INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; PILOT ACE ARRIVES AT LAST; 3 IVORY TOWERS AND TEA ROOMS; MAURICE WILKES AND THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICAL LABORATORY; POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION AND THE STORED-PROGRAM COMPUTER; A MEMORY FOR EDSAC; EDSAC, ACE AND LEO; NOT JUST EDSAC…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Computer Basics -- Sand Tables -- Abacus -- Napier Bones -- Slide Rule -- Pascaline -- Analytical Engine -- Hollerith's Tabulator -- MARK-I Computer -- ABC -- Colossus -- ENIAC -- EDVAC -- EDSAC -- UNIVAC -- First Generation (1940-56): Vacuum Tubes -- Second Generation (1956-63): Transistors -- Third Generation (1964 to Early 1970s): Integrated Circuits -- Fourth Generation (Early 1970s Till Date): Microprocessors -- Fifth Generation (Present and Beyond): Artificial Intelligence -- Classification According to Purpose -- Classification According to Type of Data-handling Techniques -- Microcomputers -- Minicomputers -- Mainframes -- Supercomputers -- CPU -- Input, Output, and Storage Units -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 2: Computer Organization and Architecture -- Fetch Cycle -- Execute Cycle -- CISC Architecture -- RISC Architecture -- Conversion of Binary to Decimal -- Conversion of Octal to Binary -- Conversion of Binary to Hexadecimal -- Conversion of Hexadecimal to Octal -- Negative Binary Numbers Using 2's Complement -- Addition/Subtraction of Signed Numbers Using 2's Complement Addition -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 3: Computer Memory and Storage -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 4: Input Output Media -- Working of Keyboard -- Working of Mouse -- Working of Touch Screen -- Dot Matrix Printer -- Daisy Wheel Printer -- Drum Printer -- Working of Ink-jet Printer -- Working of Laser Printer -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 5: Operating System: Windows XP -- First-come First-served (FCFS) -- Round Robin (RR) -- Desktop -- Icon -- File -- Folders -- Shortcuts -- Changing Sort Order -- Narrator -- Magnifier -- Disk Cleanup -- Disk Defragmenter -- Creating a Restore Point -- Using a Restore Point -- Calculator -- Notepad -- Paint…”