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peer level

• Assembly (huge web page, consider using one of the subtopics below) last updated: 19 Feb 2001
• intro to assembly language
• data representation and number systems last updated: 19 Feb 2001
• registers last updated: 19 Feb 2001
• addressing modes last updated: 19 Feb 2001
• executable instructions
• data and address movement
• integer arithmetic
• floating arithmetic
• binary coded decimal (BCD) arithmetic
• advanced math
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• string and character
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Charts and Tables

• operating system summaries
• most popular pages
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• holistic issues (section header)
• UNIX systems
• initial purchase price comparison
• processors supported
• file systems supported
• release dates
• POSIX compatible
• standardized graphic user interface APIs
• object oriented programming APIs
• musicians using Macintoshes
• live shows using Macintoshes
• software system components (section header)
• software system components
• kernels in use
• kernels by operating system
• number of processors supported
• character codes

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