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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Name: Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
Author: Charles Petzold

Charles Petzold · 2022 (2nd ed.) · 480 pp.

What it does

The path from "two flashlights and a code book" to a working CPU. Telegraph relays → logic gates → memory → ALU → bus → operating system. No prerequisites.

Who should read it

Read it once. Anyone curious about how computers work.

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