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Tables of Contents for Peter Norton's New Inside the PC
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
6
Part I The Glass Box
7
74
The Desktop PC
9
14
Portable PCs
23
22
PDAs and Handheld PCs
45
20
Understanding Bits and Bytes
65
16
Part II Inside the PC: A Closer Look at Components
81
206
A First Look at Motherboards and Processors
83
30
Video and Monitors
113
30
Disks and PC Data Storage
143
16
Removable Storage
159
22
Serial Ports
181
14
Parallel Ports
195
8
Networking---Wired and Wireless
203
18
Modems and Broadband
221
20
Input Devices
241
26
Printers
267
20
Part III Inside the Black Boxes Inside the Glass Box
287
220
Motherboard Magic
289
56
Kick Starting: The Boot Process
345
26
Understanding PC Memory
371
40
Storage: How Does Data Get There?
411
50
Advanced Networking
461
16
Video Acceleration
477
24
Inside Tomorrow's PC
501
6
Part IV Appendixes
507
40
A Operating Systems: The Middleman Between You and Your PC
509
18
B Understanding How Humans Instruct PCs
527
20
Glossary
547
34
Index
581