Introduction to Computing Systems
Published on 30. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-07-118180-8 (ISBN)
Description
The reason most students do not understand their first programming language is because they are forced to memorize technical details. They do not understand the basic underpinnings. This book is based on the premise that starting with a high level programming language has its shortcomings. This premise lead to Patt/Patel's "bottom-up approach" found in "Introduction To Computing." This text covers: a switch level abstraction of a MOS transistor, logic gates, latches, logic structures (MUX, Decoder, Adder, gated latches), and finally culminating in an implementation of memory. From there, the book moves on to theVon Neumann model of execution, then a simple computer (the LC-2), machine language programming and then assembly language programming of the LC-2, the high level language C, recursion, and finally elementary data structures. The book establishes a foundation that can easily be built upon.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, charts
Weight
828 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-118180-8 (9780071181808)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part I: welcome aboard!; bits, data types, and operations; digital logic structures; the Von Neumann model; the LC-2; programming; assembly language; I/O; TRAP routines and subroutines; and, finally... Part II: introduction to programming in C; variables and operators; control structures; functions; debugging; recursion; pointers and arrays; I/O in C; data structures. Appendices: the LC-2 ISA; from LC-2 to IA-32; the microarchitecture of the LC-2; the C programming language.