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CPSC 355
Computing Machinery I

Description

An introduction to computing machinery establishing the connection between programs expressed in a compiled language, an assembly language, and machine code, and how such code is executed. Includes the detailed study of a modern CPU architecture, its assembly language and internal data representation, and the relationship between high-level program constructs and machine operations.

Programming Languages

Assembly - All assignments will be done using this language
C/C++ - Some examples and questions will use this language, at least a general understanding of how they work will be useful

External Links

Course description - 2013/2014 course description
Course outline - Winter 2013 course outline