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Read Chapter 8 of How Computers Really Work

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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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50/100
Issue type
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Research direction

Start with Chapter 8 of How Computers Really Work and complete exercise 8-1, Factorial. Use the class channel for blockers; the stated objective is to write a factorial program in Assembly. There is no submission step, and the Raspberry Pi project is explicitly out of scope.

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Description

🏕 Priority Mandatory 🐂 Size Medium 📅 Sprint 1 Core Module-Complexity Submit:None
Link to the coursework

https://nostarch.com/how-computers-really-work (but CYF can lend you a copy)

Learning Objectives
  • Write a program to calculate the factorial of a number in Assembly
Why are we doing this?

We will be thinking again about the capacity and limits of real computers. Read Chapter 8 and complete exercise 8-1: Factorial. You do not need to complete the associated Raspberry Pi project.

Maximum time in hours

3

How to get help

Share your blockers in your class channel
https://curriculum.codeyourfuture.io/guides/getting-help/asking-questions/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zp6wfcw#z4jh3qt

How to submit

There's no submission step. You will need these concepts in the next module.

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