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Author:

Day, Mark Stuart, author.

Title:

Bits to bitcoin : how our digital stuff works / Mark Stuart Day ; with illustrations by C.A. Jennings.

Publisher:

The MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xi, 353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Computer science--Popular works.

Other Authors:

Jennings, C. A., illustrator.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Part 1. Single process -- Steps -- Processes -- Names -- Recursion -- Limits: imperfect programs -- Limits: perfect programs -- Part 2. Interacting processes -- Coordination -- State, change, and equality -- Controlled access -- Interrupts -- Virtualization -- Separation -- Packets -- Browsing -- Part 3. Unstoppable processes -- Failure -- Software failure -- Reliable networks -- Inside the cloud -- Browsing revisited -- Part 4. Defending processes -- Attackers -- Thompson's hack -- Secrets -- Secure channel, key distribution, and certificates -- Bitcoin goals -- Bitcoin mechanisms -- Looking back.

Summary:

An accessible guide to our digital infrastructure, explaining the basics of operating systems, networks, security, and other topics for the general reader.

ISBN:

0262037939
9780262037938

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1015258699

LCCN:

2017046504

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)