ECEN 164 Introduction to Computer Engineering - Lecture 7

These flashcards cover essential vocabulary and concepts from the ECEN 164 lecture on digital design and computer architecture.

Abstraction

Hiding details when they are not important.

Digital Design

Designing systems using discrete values and logical levels.

Microprocessor

An integrated circuit that performs the functions of a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer.

Logic Gates

Electronic components that manipulate binary signals to perform logical operations.

Bit

The smallest unit of data in computing, representing a binary value of either 0 or 1.

Binary Number System

A base-2 number system that uses two symbols, 0 and 1.

Decimal Number System

A base-10 number system that uses ten symbols, from 0 to 9.

Hexadecimal Number System

A base-16 number system that uses sixteen symbols, from 0 to 9 and A to F.

CMOS Transistors

Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor transistors used to create integrated circuits.

Power Consumption

The amount of power used by a digital system, critical for design considerations.

Powers of Two

Values that are powers of the number two, commonly used in binary representation.

Sign/Magnitude Representation

A method to represent signed numbers using one bit for the sign and the rest for the magnitude.

Two's Complement

A binary number representation that allows for easy arithmetic with signed numbers.

Overflow

Condition that occurs when a calculation produces a result that is too large to be expressed in the given number of bits.

Sign-Extension

A method of increasing the size of a binary number while preserving its sign.

Zero-Extension

A method of increasing the size of a binary number by filling the additional bits with zeros.