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Assembly language for Intel-based computers
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Edition:
5th ed., international edition
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007
Physical Description:
xxv, 722 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780132048484

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Written for the Intel/Windows/DOS platform, this study of assembly language teaches students to write and debug programs at the machine level. It simplifies and demystifies concepts that students need to grasp before they can go on to more advanced computer architecture and operating systems courses.


Author Notes

Kip Irvine has written four computer programming textbooks, for Intel Assembly Language, C++, Visual Basic, and COBOL. His Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers has been translated to six languages, and has been a best seller since 1990. Kip grew up in Hawaii as a surfer, sailor, and surfboard maker. He studied classical guitar and music composition at University of Hawaii, eventually earning his music doctorate from the University of Miami. He began programming computers for music synthesis around 1982, and taught at Miami-Dade Community College. He has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Miami, and is currently on the computer science faculty at Florida International University.


Table of Contents

1 Basic Concepts
Applications of assembly language
Basic concepts
Machine language
Data representation
2 IA-32 Processor Architecture
Basic microcomputer design
Instruction execution cycle
IA-32 processor architecture
IA-32 memory management
Components of a microcomputer
The input-output system
3 Assembly Language Fundamentals
Introduction to assembly language
Linking and debugging
Defining constants and variables
4 Data Transfers, Addressing, and Arithmetic
Simple data transfer and arithmetic instructions
Assemble-link-execute cycle
Operators
Directives
Expressions
JMP and LOOP instructions
Indirect addressing
5 Procedures
Linking to an external library
Description of the book's link library
Stack operations
Defining and using procedures
Flowcharts
Top-down structured design
6 Conditional Processing
Boolean and comparison instructions
Conditional jumps and loops
High-level logic structures
Finite state machines
7 Integer Arithmetic
Shift and rotate instructions with useful applications
Multiplication and division
Extended addition and subtraction
ASCII and packed decimal arithmetic
8 Advanced Procedures
Stack Parameters
Local Variables
Advanced PROC and INVOKE Directives
Recursion
9 Strings and Arrays
String Primitives
Manipulated Arrays of Characters and Integers
Two-dimensional arrays
Sorting
Searching
10 Structures and Macros
Structures
Macros
Conditional Assembly Directives
Defining Repeat Blocks
11 MS-Windows Programming
Protected Mode Memory Management Concepts. Using the Microsoft(r) Windows API to Display Text and Colors
Dynamic Memory Allocation
12 High-Level Language Interface
Parameter Passing Conventions
Inline Assembly Code
Linking Assembly Language Modules to C and C++ Programs
13 16-Bit MS-DOS Programming
Calling MS-DOS Interrupts for Console and File Input-Output
14 Disk Fundamentals
Disk Storage Systems
Sectors
Clusters
Directories
File Allocation Tables
Handling MS-DOS Error Codes
Drive and Directory Manipulation
15 BIOS-Level Programming
Keyboard Input
Video Text, Graphics, and Mouse Programming
16 Expert MS-DOS Programming
Custom-Designed Segments
Runtime Program Structure
Interrupt Handling
Hardware Control Using I/O Ports
17 Floating Point Programming and IA-32 Instruction Encoding
Floating-point Binary Representation and Floating-Point Arithmetic
Learning to Program the IA-32 Floating-Point Unit
Understanding the Encoding of IA-32 Machine Instructions
Appendix A Installing and Using the Assembler
Appendix B The IA-32 Instruction Set
Appendix C BIOS and MS-DOS Interrupts
Appendix D MASM Reference
Appendix E Answers to Review Questions