Transcription of Chapter 2 Instructions: Assembly Language
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Chapter 2 Instructions: Assembly LanguageReading: The corresponding Chapter in the 2nd edition is Chapter 3, in the 3rd edition itis Chapter 2 and Appendix A and in the 4th edition it is Chapter 2 and Appendix Instructions and Instruction setThe Language to command a computer architecture is comprised ofinstructionsand thevocabulary of that Language is called theinstruction set. The only way computers can rep-resent information is based on high or low electric signals, , transistors (electric switches)being turned on or off. Being limited to those 2 alternatives, we represent information in com-puters usingbits(binary digits), which can have one of two values: 0 or 1.
The language to command a computer architecture is comprised of instructions and the vocabulary of that language is called the instruction set. The only way computers can rep-resent information is based on high or low electric signals, i.e., …
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