ABSTRACT
This chapter covers the basics of digital logic. The goal is straightforward — provide a background that is sufficient for a reader to understand remaining chapters. Although many low-level details are irrelevant, programmers do need a basic knowledge of hardware to appreciate the consequences for software. Thus, we will not need to delve into electrical details, discuss the underlying physics, or learn the design rules that engineers follow to interconnect devices. Instead, we will learn a few basics that will allow us to understand how complex digital systems work.
