Title: Assembly Language Programming

Instructor: David Smith

Catalog Data:
Fundamentals of machine function; basic concepts of programming at the machine level; assembly language, machine representation of information, machine language, addressing techniques, program linkage, macro programming, and assembler construction.

(3 hrs. credit)

Textbook: Assembly Language for the IBM PC Family (2nd Edition)

Software: Microsoft MASM or Borland TASM on IBM compatible PC

Goals:
To give the student an understanding of the structure and organization of the computer; to give insight into how the computer processes high-level languages.

Prereq:

1. Credit or registration in CSC 1251, or equivalent background

Course Topics:

1. Introduction to Assembler Language
2. Intel Microprocessor History and Architecture
3. PC Assembler Program Structure and Procedures
4. Positional Number Systems
5. Arithmetic in Other Bases
6. Internal Data Representation
7. Data Transfer Instructions
8. Data-defining Directives
9. Integer Arithmetic Instructions
10. Control Structures and Branching Instructions
11. Memory Addressing
12. Indexing and Arrays
13. Debugging and Macros
14. Character String Instructions
15. Bit Manipulation Instructions
16. BCD Arithmetic Instructions
17. Recursion in Assembler Language
18. Floating-Point Representation
19. Interrupts and DOS I/O

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