This video course should explain the whole situation and more and is targeted at undergrads with essentially no background knowledge: http://ocw.mit.edu/course

This video course should explain the whole situation and more and is targeted at undergrads with essentially no background knowledge: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/video-lectures/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput... Ignore the hairdos, it's from the 80s, the information itself ages better than the fashion.