Hi Paddy, try to find a good (beginner's) book about digital electronics. It will start with some discrete logic, should explain memory, i/o, algorithms, math, clocking, circuits etc. and how it all comes together to build up a (very small) 'computer'.
For the further understanding of how an actual CPU works, you might have a look into books about (x86?) Assembler. It should explain the architecture of your CPU and how to program it. (Almost) all CPUs work roughly the same which makes it possible to have higher level language programs being translated for all of these CPUs. To see how higher level languages come into this, take e.g. a 'hello world' programm in C or whatever language you like. Most compilers have an option to translate the sourcecode into Assembler source code to make some studies. Sorry, but I have no book titles at hand. And just german books at home;-) Of course there are many more things to explore, but you will step over these things when you start your studies. Tim Am Sonntag, 4. Dezember 2005 14:32 schrieb Paddy Hackett: > I am new to this list. Among my chief reasons for an interest in Linux > is in relation to AI and the relationship of human intelligence to > machines such as computers.Consequently I want to establish a clear > understanding as to how the computers works. > > In view of this could anybody tell me how we get from the stage of bits > to the letters of say the English language. In short how do bits, > Boolean Algebra lead to letters such as a,b,c,..etc. > I have studied the Turing machine. However I am still not clear > regarding this question. It appears that many learn higher level > computer languages such as Java yet cannot answer the more fundamental > cquestions. > > Paddy Hackett > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
