Behind The Interface

A conceptual guide to the inner workings of computers and their ecosystem

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Do you ever pause and marvel at the smart phone in your hand? Do you wonder how an inanimate pebble understands our commands? How do billions of such devices communicate seamlessly? How are they managing the extraordinary amount of data we generate? And now they are achieving human-like intelligence? How did we make a rock store, process, communicate and think?

Behind the Interface takes you on a journey through the evolution of computers, showing you how these technologies actually work. From carving silicon into transistor circuits to complex systems like databases, the internet and artificial intelligence - this book explains, in layman terms, the foundational concepts that will remove the mysticism associated with them.

The book is suitable for anyone interested in understanding computers and their ecosystem - with or without any prior knowledge of the field.

It is structured into four sections with two chapters each -
1. Computers - A Computer’s Architecture, Computer Hardware
2. Software - Operating Systems, Programming Languages
3. Computer Networks - The Internet, World Wide Web
4. Data - Data Storage, Machine Learning