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Bits to bitcoin : how our digital stuff works / Mark Stuart Day ; with illustrations by C.A. Jennings.
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Day, Mark Stuart, author.
, Jennings, C. A., illustrator.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Description:
xi, 353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- I. Single process. Steps -- Processes -- Names -- Recursion -- Limits : imperfect programs -- Limits : perfect programs -- II. Interacting processes. Coordination -- State, change, and equality -- Controlled access -- Interrupts -- Virtualization -- Separation -- Packets -- Browsing -- III. Unstoppable processes. Failure -- Software failure -- Reliable networks -- Inside the cloud -- Browsing revisited -- IV. Defending processes. Attackers -- Thompson's hack -- Secrets -- Secure channel, key distribution, and certificates -- Bitcoin goals -- Bitcoin mechanisms -- Looking back.
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An accessible guide to our digital infrastructure, explaining the basics of operating systems, networks, security, and other topics for the general reader.
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