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Mit Press Elements Of Computing Systems Building A Modern Computer From First Principles Second Edition by Noam Nisan And Shimon Schocken
A New And Extensively Revised Edition Of A Popular Textbook Used In Universities, Coding Boot Camps, Hacker Clubs, And Online Courses.The Best Way To Understand How Computers Work Is To Build One From Scratch, And This Textbook Leads Learners Through Twelve Chapters And Projects That Gradually Build The Hardware Platform And Software Hierarchy For A Simple But Powerful Computer System. In The Process, Learners Gain Hands-On Knowledge Of Hardware, Architecture, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Compilers, Data Structures And Algorithms, And Software Engineering. Using This Constructive Approach, The Book Introduces Readers To A Significant Body Of Computer Science Knowledge And Synthesizes Key Theoretical And Applied Techniques Into One Constructive Framework.The Outcome Is Known Known As Nand To Tetris: A Journey That Starts With The Most Elementary Logic Gate, Called Nand, And Ends, Twelve Projects Later, With A General-Purpose Computer System Capable Of Running Tetris And Any Other Program That Comes To Your Mind. The First Edition Of This Popular Textbook Inspired Nand To Tetris Classes In Many Universities, Coding Boot Camps, Hacker Clubs, And Online Course Platforms. This Second Edition Has Been Extensively Revised. It Has Been Restructured Into Two Distinct Parts--Part I, Hardware, And Part Ii, Software--With Six Projects In Each Part. All Chapters And Projects Have Been Rewritten, With An Emphasis On Separating Abstraction From Implementation, And Many New Sections, Figures, And Examples Have Been Added. Substantial New Appendixes Offer Focused Presentation On Technical And Theoretical Topics. Table Of Contents - Preface Ixi Hardware1 Boolean Logic 92 Boolean Arithmetic 313 Memory 454 Machine Language 615 Computer Architecture 836 Assembler 103Ii Software 7 Virtual Machine I: Processing 1258 Virtual Machine Ii: Control 1479 High-Level Language 17110 Compiler I: Syntax Analysis 19111 Complier Ii: Code Generation 21112 Operating System 24513 More Fun To Go 273Appendices 2771 Boolean Function Synthesis 2772 Hardware Description Language 2833 Test Description Language 2994 The Hack Chip Set 3135 The Hack Character Set 3156 The Jack Os Api 317Index 321