LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Describe the operational components of a Von Neumann Machine and explain how they work together to as a modern computer;
• Design higher-level language program control constructs using a lower-level (assembly-level) language;
• Model higher-level language data structures such as arrays, queues and stacks, using a lower-level language;
• Solve arithmetic problems when numbers are represented in bases other than decimal (e.g., binary, octal and hexadecimal); and
• Locate and identify data and instructions represented in memory dumps