UMBC CMSC 313, Computer Organization & Assembly Language, Spring 2002, Section 0101

Introduction & Overview

Tuesday 01/29, 2001

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Assigned Reading in Murdocca & Heuring:  1.1-1.8

Assigned Reading in Neveln:  1.1-1.6

Assigned:  HW1

Due:   

Topics Covered:

• Course overview.
• Von Neumann and System Bus models.
• Operating system view of the world.
• Converting numbers between bases for whole numbers and fractional numbers.
• Nonterminating fractions.
• Binary, octal and hexadecimal representations.
• Addition and subtraction in binary.
• Representation of negative numbers in binary: signed magnitude, one's complement, two's complement and excess bias.