Ask HN: Where can one learn about how computers work?

Re:Ask HN: Where can one learn about how computers work? by angersock on Sunday August 17, 2014 @11:55PM (#8191369)

I always recommend Code by Microsoft Press--good introduction to the fundamentals of computer engineering.

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Re:Ask HN: Where can one learn about how computers work? by spb on Monday August 18, 2014 @12:42AM (#8191457)

After Code, I recently discovered Brian Kernighan's D is for Digital, published in 2011, which gives a much more concrete description of how modern computing works.

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