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 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
1 online resource (xxxi, 609 pages) : illustrations
9780470580035, 9780470497029, 9781118080993, 9786612306433, 0470580038, 0470497025, 1118080998, 6612306432
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Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux 3e; About the Author; Credits; Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Contents; Introduction: "Why Would You Want to Do That?"; Chapter 1: Another Pleasant Valley Saturday; Chapter 2: Alien Bases; Chapter 3: Lifting the Hood; Chapter 4: Location, Location, Location; Chapter 5: The Right to Assemble; Chapter 6: A Place to Stand, with Access to Tools; Chapter 7: Following Your Instructions; Chapter 8: Our Object All Sublime; Chapter 9: Bits, Flags, Branches, and Tables; Chapter 10: Dividing and Conquering; Chapter 11: Strings and Things
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