Chapter 3 Number Systems and Boolean Algebra Computer English 计算机专业英语—电子教程知识讲稿.pptVIP

Computer English ;Key points:  useful terms and definitions of Number system and Boolean AlgbraDifficult points:  Conversion of the Number Systems and Boolean Algbra;Requirements:;New Words Expressions: hexadecimal adj.十六进制的; n.十六进制 radix n.根, 基数 octal adj.八进制的; n.八进制 alphabet n.字母表 fractional adj.分数的, 小数的 whole number n.整数 remainder n.余数 significant figure n.有效数字 quotient n.商 algorithm n.算法 complement n. 补码，余角 carry n.进位 ;The use of the microprocessor requires a working knowledge of binary, decimal, and hexadecimal numbering systems. This section provides a background for those who are unfamiliar with number systems. Conversions between decimal and binary, decimal and hexadecimal, and binary and hexadecimal are described.;Once the digits of a number system are understood, larger numbers are constructed by using positional notation. In grade school, we learned that the position to the left of the units position was the tens position, the position to the left of the tens position was the hundreds position, and so forth. (An example is the decimal number 132: This number has 1 hundred, 3 tens, and 2 units.) What probably was not learned was the exponential value of each position: The units position has a weight of 100 or 1; the tens position has weight of 101, or 10; and the hundreds position has a weight of 102, or 100. ;The exponential powers of the positions are critical for understanding numbers in other numbering systems. The position to the left of the radix (number base) point, called a decimal point only in the decimal system, is always the units position in any number system. For example, the position to the left of the binary point is always 20 or 1; the position to the left of the octal point is 80 or 1. In any case, any number raised to its zero power is always 1, or the units position.;The position to the left of the units position is always the number base raised to the first power; in a decimal system, this is