Abstract
The survey of computer usage in the previous chapter has emphasised the diversity of computer applications and the versatility of the computer. Three factors make this possible and this chapter deals with two of them. The first is the way that data of many different types, arising from different sources, is represented and handled within the computer; the second is the way that program instructions in a computer program are able to perform the processing of that data.
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Willis, N. and Kerridge, J. (1983). Introduction to Computer Architecture (Pitman).
Cripps, M. (1977). An Introduction to Computer Hardware (Edward Arnold).
Brown, M. (1982). Computers From First Principles (Chartwell-Bratt).
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Wright, G. (1988). How the computer works. In: Mastering Computers. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09944-3_3
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