Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bits to bitcoin

Oclc number

1015258699

Responsibility statement

Mark Stuart Day ; with illustrations by C.A. Jennings

Sub title

how our digital stuff works

Summary

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

Table Of 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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How our digital stuff works

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