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Low Level Techniques - A Handbook for Assembly | Index






Assembly Language Handbook for Beginners

Chapter 1: Introduction to Assembly Language

  • What is Assembly Language?

  • Why Learn Assembly Language?

  • Getting Started with Assembly Language

  • Basic Assembly Language Concepts

Chapter 2: Assembly Language Programming Environments

  • Setting Up an Assembly Language Programming Environment

  • Assemblers and Linkers

  • Debuggers

  • Assembly Language Syntax

  • Assembly Language Directives

Chapter 3: Data Representation in Assembly Language

  • Number Systems

  • Data Types in Assembly Language

  • Signed and Unsigned Numbers

  • Floating-Point Numbers

  • Character Representation

  • Data Storage in Memory

Chapter 4: Registers and Addressing Modes

  • General-Purpose Registers

  • Specialized Registers

  • Instruction Pointers and Stack Pointers

  • Addressing Modes

  • Direct Addressing

  • Indirect Addressing

  • Indexed Addressing

  • Register Addressing

Chapter 5: Arithmetic and Logic Operations

  • Basic Arithmetic Operations

  • Addition

  • Subtraction

  • Multiplication

  • Division

  • Logical Operations

  • AND

  • OR

  • NOT

  • XOR

  • Shift Operations

  • Arithmetic-Logic Instructions (ALUs)

Chapter 6: Control Flow Instructions

  • Conditional Branching

  • Jump Instructions

  • Call and Return Instructions

  • Subroutines

  • Loops

  • Stack Manipulation

Chapter 7: Input and Output

  • Basic Input and Output Concepts

  • Standard Input and Output (I/O)

  • File I/O

  • String Manipulation

  • Formatting Input and Output

Chapter 8: Interrupts and Exceptions

  • Introduction to Interrupts

  • Interrupt Handling

  • Exception Handling

  • Traps and Faults

Chapter 9: Assembly Language for Specific Architectures

  • x86 Assembly Language

  • ARM Assembly Language

  • MIPS Assembly Language

Chapter 10: Assembly Language Programming for Real-Time Systems

  • Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)

  • Task Scheduling

  • Inter-Task Communication

  • Resource Management

  • Real-Time Programming Considerations

Chapter 11: Assembly Language Programming for Embedded Systems

  • Embedded Systems Overview

  • Hardware Abstraction Layers (HALs)

  • Device Drivers

  • Memory Management

  • Power Management

Chapter 12: Advanced Assembly Language Programming Techniques

  • Assembly Language Optimization

  • Code Generation

  • Assembly Language Security

  • Assembly Language Debugging Strategies


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