Chapter 2. Extra Efforts Never Go Unnoticed
Where we learn how to build a wooden computer and how to obtain information from watching a real computer run
The data you entered is now safe in the hands of the application you chose to run. The program will take its time deciding what to do with the information, how to interpret it, and which actions to take next.
In this chapter, we examine the low-level mechanics of data processing in detail and explore some of the pitfalls that can lurk deep beneath the heat sink of your processor. We pay particular attention to the information we can deduce simply by observing how a machine executes given programs and how much time it takes to complete certain tasks. As a bonus, we’ll also build a fully functional ...
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