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This course provides the foundations of computer science along with the terminology and basic notations. The course is strictly linked with the laboratory, that introduces to the basic use of a computer.
Computers, algorithms, and languages:
- the concept of algorithm;
- von Neumann machine;
- programming languages.
Structured programming:
- variables and assignments;
- control structures;
- examples of algorithms.
Number representations in the electronic machines:
- concepts;
- positional notation of integer numbers;
- base conversions.
Binary representations:
- unsigned numbers;
- signed-magnitude representation;
- one's complement;
- two's complement;
- rational numbers, fixed-point representation;
- arithmetic operations.
Introduction to codes:
- ASCII;
- Unicode.
Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Note |
Pighizzini, Ferrari | Dai Fondamenti agli Oggetti (Edizione 2) | Addison-Wesley | 2005 | 8871922506 |
Written test with exercises and questions.
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