a. conventional machine language b. ISA-level language c. assembly language d. microcode interpreter What is the largest unsigned integer that may be stored in 16 bits? a. 32767 b. 65536 c. 65535 d. 32768 What is the largest signed integer that may be stored in 32 bits? a. 232 1 b. 232 c. 231 1 d. 231 The two's complement of an integer is formed by doing which of the following? a. reversing (inverting) the bits and adding 1 b. adding 1 and reversing the bits c. calculating the integer's additive inverse d. changing the highest bit to a 1 Fill in the Blanks and Short Answer The technique of executing instructions in parallel is called ________. pipelining Which unit in the IA-32 instruction cycle performs page protection checks? paging Which component of an operating system is responsible for switching control between tasks? scheduler Identify three types of segments that would be referenced by segment registers. code, data, stack
a. conventional machine language b. ISA-level language c. assembly language d. microcode interpreter What is the largest unsigned integer that may be stored in 16 bits? a. 32767 b. 65536 c. 65535 d. 32768 What is the largest signed integer that may be stored in 32 bits? a. 232 1 b. 232 c. 231 1 d. 231 The two's complement of an integer is formed by doing which of the following? a. reversing (inverting) the bits and adding 1 b. adding 1 and reversing the bits c. calculating the integer's additive inverse d. changing the highest bit to a 1 Fill in the Blanks and Short Answer The technique of executing instructions in parallel is called ________. pipelining Which unit in the IA-32 instruction cycle performs page protection checks? paging Which component of an operating system is responsible for switching control between tasks? scheduler Identify three types of segments that would be referenced by segment registers. code, data, stack