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Breaking Through the BIOS Barrier: The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide for PCs by Adrian Wong
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1 edition (September 6, 2004) | 384 pages | ISBN-10: 0131455362 | PDF | 5.9 MB
What is a BIOS? BIOS, pronounced "bye-ose," is an acronym that standsfor Basic Input Output System. The BIOS is built-in software that determineswhat a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. On PCs, theBIOS contains all the code required to control the keyboard, display screen,disk drives, serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions.Furthermore, The BIOS is responsible for booting your PC by providing abasic set of instructions. The BIOS performs all the necessary tasks that needto be initiated at start-up time: POST(Power-On Self Test, booting anoperating system from FDD or HDD). In essence, it is necessary to upgradethe BIOS on your PC in order to maintain or inevitably obtain compatibilitywith the PC industries latest hardware, software and operating systems.
Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies | Pages: 336 | 2009-02-03 | ISBN 0470196114 | PDF | 6 MB
If you’ve dreamed about having a customized multimedia PC or one tricked out for your favorite games, build your own and make your dreams come true! Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies makes it easy.
Not only is building your own PC a really rewarding project, it can also save you a nice chunk of cash. This step-by-step guide helps you decide what you need, teaches you what all those computer terms mean, and tells you exactly how to put the pieces together. It shows you:
* What tools you need (not as many as you might think!)
* All about operating systems
* How to install CD and DVD drives
* The scoop on sound and video, and how to put a sound system together from start to finish
* How to connect a monitor and install a modem
* All about setting up and configuring the hard drive
* Secrets for securing your system, and more
The Personal Computer (Transforming Power of Technology): Sandra Weber
Chelsea House Publications | ISBN: 0791074501 | 2003-06 | PDF (OCR) | 116 pages | 3.44 Mb
The advancements made possible by technology--from the printed pages that spurred the Protestant Reformation to the Web pages that today transmit information across the globe--have dramatically changed the history of humankind. While chronicling the development of the world's most influential technologies, TRANSFORMING POWER OF TECHNOLOGY examines how, as humanity transforms technology, technology, in turn, transforms us. From room-sized machines that only the government could access to handheld devices the average consumer can purchase, the personal computer has changed drastically over the 20th century.
C And The 8051
Pagefree Publishing; 3rd Edition (June 30, 2004) | ISBN: 158961237X | 412 Pages | 12 MB | PDF
This slightly revised 4th edition includes two example projects from the earlier editions not found in the third edition but is otherwise unchanged. As before it includes a massive amount of information about the 8051-family of microcontrollers and techniques for programming them in the C language. There is a strong emphasis on interrupt-driven programming and operating systems as well as many algorithms related to typical microcontroller interfacing. There is extensive ground-up coverage of serial interfacing and small-area networks.
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