Computer systems
This subject may not be offered in 1995
6 points * Three 1-hour lectures per week and one 1-hour tutorial and one 2-hour laboratory class per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CSC1011 or CSC1021 * Prohibition: BUS2120, CSC1030, RDT1210
The following topics are studied, with particular reference to commercially available processor architectures: processors, storage, stored problems, fetch-execute cycle, instructions, machine languages, assembly languages, compilation, architectural styles, program control, branching, selection, looping, machine operating, indirection, indexing, addressing modes, subroutines, and introduction to elements of operating systems such as DOS, Windows and UNIX. These topics are developed and reinforced through frequent programming exercises which illustrate the concepts.
Assessment
Examination (3 hours): 70% * Mid-semester test (1 hour): 10% * Assignments: 10% * Practical examination: 10% * Compulsory laboratory classes: students must attend 80% of the laboratory classes to be permitted to sit the examinations
Recommended texts
Deitel H M and Deitel P J C: How to program Prentice-Hall, 1992
Tanenbaum A S Structured computer organization 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1990