Computer Organization and Design Fundamentals e-Book

David Tarnoff

This book can serve either as a textbook to an introductory course on computer hardware or as the basic text for the aspiring geek who wants to learn about digital design.

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CDX Online automotive textbook and encyclopedia

Ian Andrew and Ron Beaumont

Five-star offering covering all things automotive, with some Spanish content.

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How Computers Work: Processor and Main Memory

Roger Young

Starting out with simple hand-drawn black and white pictures and a lean, straightforward writing style, the text moves from the basics of electrical machines to memory, processors, instructions, and more.

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Electronics Tutorial

Alex Pounds

An older but very lengthy introductory tutorial to electronics created by Alex Pounds.

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Lessons In Electric Circuits

Tony R. Kuphaldt

An excellent introductory series of free books on the subject of electricity and electronics.

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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World

Kevin Kelly

his book is about the marriage of the born and the made…our technological future is headed toward a neo-biological civilization.

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