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2018-2019 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CS 214 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE



This course covers the internal organization and operation of a representative von Neumann computer including instruction types, data representation, and addressing-modes. Assembly language programming will introduce symbolic addresses, assembler directives, input/output, system calls, and a call/return mechanism. The course concludes with an introduction to the C programming language and the way in which its high-level-language constructs are represented in assembly language. Prerequisite: CS120 or CS118 4 Credits Prerequisite: CS120 or CS118