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Title	:	Code
Author	:	Charles Petzold
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 400 pages
Published	:	October 21st 2000 by Microsoft Press (first published September 29th 1999)
Categories	:	Computer Science. Programming. Science. Nonfiction. Technology. Computers. Software

Code Paperback | Pages: 400 pages

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What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new means of communicating with each other. And through CODE, we see how this ingenuity and our very human compulsion to communicate have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries. Using everyday objects and familiar language systems such as Braille and Morse code, author Charles Petzold weaves an illuminating narrative for anyone who’s ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines. It’s a cleverly illustrated and eminently comprehensible story—and along the way, you’ll discover you’ve gained a real context for understanding today’s world of PCs, digital media, and the Internet. No matter what your level of technical savvy, CODE will charm you—and perhaps even awaken the technophile within.

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Original Title:	Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
ISBN:	0735611319 (ISBN13: 9780735611313)
Edition Language:	English

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In brief: be prepared to skim through at least 25% of this book! If I had this book in a seminar freshman year, I might have completed the Computer Science program. In a very fun manner, this book presents 3 years of introductory CS curricula: discrete structures, algorithms, logic gates, ... After reading this during two cross-country flights, I better understand (and remember) classes I took 10 years ago. Almost makes me want to try again (*almost*).

My opinion on this book is really divided : on the one hand I enjoy some chapters, on the other hand I hardly managed to restrain myself from flipping through other chapters. Basically, this book designs and builds a basic computer by introducing in each chapter a concept or a technology used inside computers. It was written from 1987 to 1999, consequently one shouldn't expect any description of newest technologies.It starts really slowly with the first chapters, but then things get more and

Just finished reading my b-day gift, the 'Code' by Charles Petzold - probably the best engineering book I've ever read. By saying 'engineering', I mean it. Unlike other computer science books, the 'Code' teaches how computers work in a nutshell. It leads you from the very basics like morse & braille codes to boolean algebra and various numeric systems, from simple tiny electric circuits which bulb the lamp to primitive adding machine (built from relays, hehe), up to history of development

Raise your hand if you think metaphors and analogies should be used sparingly. I'll raise my hand with you. This book is for us.After reading this book, I can see behind the pixels on my computer screen. I know what I'm really looking at. So many layers of abstraction are removed by learning about how logic gates can be arranged as processors and RAM, how code is simply a representation of those microscopic switches being flipped, and how pixels are simply a graphical interpretation of the state

The book reminds me of the courses that students usually have during the first year of the University. It provides a general overview of how computers function. Starting from workings of an electrical circuit and building up to various logical elements with gradually increasing complexity. It also discusses some relevant historical moments as a typical professor in a typical lecture would do and ends with a broad overview of personal computers as they were in 1999. The summary on the back of the



I have been an IT professional for 20 years, but I never knew what the switches on the front panel of the Altar computer were for. I do now.In fact, because of this book, I know many things about how a computer really works that I never did before. I think this book is great for anyone, except Electrical Engineers who would be bored. Having some background in computers probably makes this book easier to get through, but Petzold assumes nothing and starts from scratch. He does a good job of