Module: Numerical Overflow

Learning Outcomes

Computers and Integers

• Master conversions between binary, decimal, and hexadecimal
• Be able to do by-hand additions in decimal and hexadecimal
• Understand the need for and the representation of both unsigned and signed integers
• Know how integers are stored in computers, whether unsigned or signed
• Known integer ranges and main patterns of integer encoding in these ranges

Assembly Programming

• Be able to understand/trace simple assembly programs

Assembly and High-level Languages

• Understand some of the relations between high-level programming languages and assembly language

Data sizes and numerical overflow

• Understand how to do size conversions of numbers
• Understand numerical overflow

Readings

Experiential Learning