Assembly language step-by-step programming with Linux

"The long-awaited third edition of this bestselling introduction to assembly language has been completely rewritten to focus on 32-bit protected-mode Linux and the free NASM assembler. Assembly is the fundamental language bridging human ideas and the pure silicon hearts of computers, and popula...

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Main Author: Duntemann, Jeff
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis, Ind. Wiley Pub. 2009
Edition:3rd ed
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"The long-awaited third edition of this bestselling introduction to assembly language has been completely rewritten to focus on 32-bit protected-mode Linux and the free NASM assembler. Assembly is the fundamental language bridging human ideas and the pure silicon hearts of computers, and popular author Jeff Dunteman retains his distinctive lighthearted style as he presents a step-by-step approach to this difficult technical discipline. He starts at the very beginning, explaining the basic ideas of programmable computing, the binary and hexadecimal number systems, the Intel x86 computer architecture, and the process of software development under Linux. From that foundation he systematically treats the x86 instruction set, memory addressing, procedures, macros, and interface to the C-language code libraries upon which Linux itself is built"--Resource description page
Physical Description:xxxi, 609 pages illustrations
ISBN:0470497025
0470580038
9786612306433
9780470497029
9781118080993
1118080998
9780470580035