Computer organization/architecture: a threaded top-down design

Since the introduction of electronic digital computer systems during the mid-1940's there has been a rapid evolution of computer systems technology with a concomitant division into various hardware firmware, applications areas. systems software and This division in turn has led to many complexities in designing, implementing, maintaining, and utilizing the technology. As a result, many communications problems have arisen between the diverse groups of computer professionals and computer users. The development of education in computer-related subjects has paralleled these events and has resulted in a set of rather divergent opinions concerning what are the appropriate components of computer science education.