Web Resources

Support/Web Resource Links

ACSII Table: www.asciitable.com. This site displays the American Standard Code for Information Interchange table.

openMosix: http://openmosix.sourceforge.net. This is the home page for the openMosix Project, where you can download this open-source application and begin building your own computing cluster.

Top 500: www.top500.org. This site provides a reliable source for tracking high-performance computing trends. Twice a year, it lists the sites operating the 500 most powerful computer systems.

Windows Help and How to: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com. This site provides help and instructions on everything from installing a new hard drive to burning a CD.

Additional Links

Technology in Action Companion Web Site: www.prenhall.com/techinaction. Here you’ll find additional resources to support and supplement chapter topics, including an Online Study Guide and Web Research Projects.

24x7 Pearson Product Support: http://247.prenhall.com. Use this site to obtain help by phone, e-mail, or chat, or explore the knowledge base to find answers right on the site.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): www.amd.com. Visit AMD’s site for more information about the microprocessors AMD produces, explore the resource section, and get technical solutions and support.

Apple G5 Processor: www.apple.com/g5processor. This page on the Apple Web site provides information about Apple’s partnership with IBM and the resulting 64-bit G5 microprocessor. Although Apple has begun using Intel chips, this site has some interesting information about chip architecture and offers a great look at the chip fabrication process.

ASCII: Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII. This site provides information about ASCII character encoding. It includes the ASCII character table, presenting the code for various printing and nonprinting characters.

Beowulf: www.beowulf.org. This site provides a collection of resources for a class of computers called Beowulf, which are enterprise systems that run Linux and other open-source software.

Clusterknoppix: http://bofh.be/clusterknoppix. This is a support site for ClusterKnoppix, a modified Knoppix distro using the OpenMosix kernel.

Conversion Table: Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, Binary: http://ascii.cl/conversion.htm. The table on this site lists the hexadecimal, octal, and binary conversion values for the numbers 0 through 255. Other links provide information about ASCII codes and HTML codes.

Crucial.com: www.crucial.com OR Kingston Technology: www.kingston.com. Memory (RAM) can be purchased from either of these vendors’ sites. Use their memory search tools to demonstrate how easily a computer’s memory requirements can be determined. Helpful tutorials show how to install memory upgrades.

ExtremeTech: www.extremetech.com. This site provides technical information on building and tweaking hardware and software.

GameInformer: www.gameinformer.com. This free email newsletter provides weekly information on the world of video games.

HowStuffWorks: How Microprocessors Work: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/microprocessor.htm. Visit this page on the HowStuffWorks site for a detailed history on microprocessors and the way they work, as well as a discussion on integrated circuits.

IBM Research Projects: Blue Gene: www.research.ibm.com/bluegene. Visit this site to learn more about the Blue Gene supercomputer and the biological research projects for which it is being used.

Intel: www.intel.com. This is the home page for the microchip manufacturer Intel. Visit this site to learn more about the various CPUs Intel manufactures, obtain technical help, explore tutorials, and get information on the most current chip technology.

MicroCHIPS: www.mchips.com. Visit this site to learn more about the technology involved in this new drug delivery system.

PC Magazine: www.pcmag.com. Visit this site for links to various categories of computer-related topics that lead to articles and other references on that topic.

TigerDirect: www.tigerdirect.com. This purchasing site for computer and electronic components supplies individuals and companies with everything from CPUs to monitors to motherboards.

Tom’s Hardware: www.tomshardware.com. This site serves as a purchasing warehouse for computer parts and related devices.

United States Display Consortium: www.usdc.org. This partnership between industry and the government provides a forum for organizations involved in flat panel display, from manufacturers to researchers to suppliers, to explore and discuss development issues.