Mark Balch

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Balch, Mark.
Complete digital design : a comprehensive guide to digital electronics and computer
system architecture / by Mark Balch.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-07-140927-0
1. Digital electronics. 2. Computer architecture. I. Title.
TK7868.D5B37 2003
621.81 dc21 2003046465

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