Welcome to z/Architecture Assembler Language Part 1: The Basics, the first course three part series for the z/Architecture Assembler Language.
Welcome to z/Architecture Assembler Language Part 1: The Basics, the first course three part series for the z/Architecture Assembler Language.
This course provides an introduction to z/Architecture and the Assembler language, covers binary and hexadecimal arithmetic, the basics of z/Architecture, and the Assembler language syntax. The goal of this course is to give you the basic knowledge necessary to understand the other courses in the z/Architecture Assembler Language series. There are no hands-on labs in this course.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand binary and hexadecimal number representations and convert them to/from decimal.
- Recognize architectural features, such as instruction formats, data representation, and storage addressing.
- Understand the Assembler language syntax, and code Assembler statements that reserve and initialize areas in storage.
- Code Assembler statements that make up a (very) simple program.
This is an intermediate course, intended for learners with a background in computer science. To succeed in this course, you should have basic knowledge of computer programming and computer architecture.
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