华南理工大学汇编原理课件第1章计算机中数的表示.ppt

IBM PC Assembly Language and Programming Zhang Jing * Bit The fundamental building block of computer storage is the bit. It’s value is 0 or 1. IBM PC Assembly Language and Programming Zhang Jing * Byte 8 related bits is called a byte. 8 bits allow 256(28) different combinations of 1-0. Express range: 0~255, -128~ +127 IBM PC Assembly Language and Programming Zhang Jing * Some other data size The PC also supports certain data size that are natural to it: Word. 2-byte (16 bit) Double word. 4-byte (32 bit) Quad word.