A452 Practical Investigation - Web based enquiry
- Research on machine language.
- Work on how machine language relates to assembly and high level languages.
- Use search engine to look up the term instruction set.
- Distinguish between opcode and operand.
Wikipedia provides some good background and despite criticisms, it remains a good starting point for further investigations.
Homework
Discuss what is meant by an instruction set and how it relates to high level programming.
Revision and extension activities about registers.
Revision and extension activities about registers.