Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware And Software by Charles Petzold.

Code by Charles Petzold. Greeat first book for anyone going down the techy path. Will fill in knowledge gaps missing from most new people.

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

Personally really enjoyed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

this book opened my eyes to how everything actually works... mostly :)

Big +1 for Code by Petzold.

To re-iterate another commenter, Code by Prezold is surprisingly good

Code by Charles Petzold for a month or so after seeing it recommended here over and over. It's highly recommended for a reason!

1. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

This was the exact book I came to suggest.

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I randomly picked Code off a library shelf

Code by Petzold is 100% my choice as well. It is an incredibly good book to describe not just code but computing and ultimately computing machines.

this book

That one is good too, though it can get a little obscure in some sections.. I tried reading it twice! The first time I was stuck on the memory chapter. The second time I was stalled by the clock and synchronization thing, but it's still a great book.

Code The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software.

Both Code and the course covered very similar topics. I really enjoyed and appreciated how clear and concise and friendly of a read it was

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Code by Charles Petzold

"Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" should be read by everybody to understand how Computers really work.

"Code" by Charles Petzold is a great read.