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

Data Representation I

Tuesday 09/03, 2002

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Assigned Reading in Murdocca & Heuring:  2.1-2.2, 3.1-3.3

Assigned Reading in Neveln:  2.4-2.7, 3.6-3.8

Assigned:  HW1

Due:   

Topics Covered:

• Converting numbers between bases for whole numbers and fractional numbers.
• Addition in binary.
• Representation of negative numbers in binary: signed magnitude, one's complement and two's complement.
• Modulo arithmetic: why two's complement works.