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Refresh!

It has been almost a month since I last posted about the things I have learned during my time reading Write Great Code: Understand the Machine. Therefore, I think it is time to have a little visit back to the content to freshen up my mind before continueing to post further. This will not only…

By Rosa January 6, 2019 0

Internal Numeric Representation

Now we know how numeric systems work, it would be interesting to know what we can do with it. You can do surprisingly much with just one bit, maybe in more ways that you could imagine. Let’s take a look into how the computer internally represents numeric values. A bit is the smallest unit of…

By Rosa December 10, 2018 0

Computer Numbers: Binary & Hexadecimal

Last time, I talked about numbering systems and especially how the base numbering system works. We already know the decimal system best of all, because we use it every day. However, the computer is not fond of this system. It rather uses the binary systems for its numeric representations. But what has the hexadecimal systems…

By Rosa December 9, 2018 0

What is a number? Numeric Representations

Approved by Valentin Utkin It might sound like a silly question, but do you know what a number is? Many of you might answer something among the lines of “just a number”. However, a number to a computer is something completely different than what we perceive as a number. Representation So, what is a number…

By Rosa December 8, 2018 0

Book List for MUTS

Before I can start programming on MUTS, I need to gain a lot of knowledge first. What better resource is there then books? Well, many other resources of course but book do lay a good foundation and are in general trustworthy sources as opposed to your random internet article. So, below there is a list…

By Rosa September 24, 2018 1