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 LEARNING MODULE
FOR
IT 121: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING

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WEEK 4

COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE CODE : IT 121

TITLE : Introduction to Computing
TARGET POPULATION : All BS Information Technology Students
INSTRUCTOR : Ms. Juliet Lugan

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Overview:

Computers are everywhere: at work, at school, and at home. Computers are a primary means of local and
global communications for billions of people. Through computers, society has instant access to information from
around the globe. This module presents the knowledge you need to be computer literate. The course acquaints
students to discover different and innovative ways of using various technology and learn how computing is
applied creatively to solve problems. Students will finish this course with a solid understanding of computers,
how to use computers, and how to access information on the Web.

Objectives:
General Objective
Differentiate among various styles of system units on desktop computers, notebook computers,
and mobile devices.
Describe the control unit and arithmetic logic unit components of a processor, and explain the four
steps in a machine cycle.
Evaluate the number system.
Define a bit and describe how a series of bits represents data.
Distinguish the importance of number systems in relation to computers and its application.

Instruction to the Learner

Each chapter in this module contains a major lesson involving the introduction to computers and learn
how computing is applied creatively to solve problems. The units are characterized by continuity, and are
arranged in such a manner that the present unit is related to the next unit. For this reason, you are advised to
read this module. After each unit, there are exercises to be given. Submission of task given will be submitted by
the agreed deadline.

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 Data Representation in Computer System

Most computers are digital and the computer can only understand machine language and does not recognize
letters as letters of the alphabet; it sees the letters as a series of 0’s and 1’s called the binary language. A
computer circuit represents the 0 or the 1 electronically by the presence or absence of an electrical charge.

The binary system uses two unique digits (0 and 1).

o Bits and bytes - Eight bits grouped together as a unit are called a byte. A byte represents a single
character in the computer. Example is the uppercase character ‘A’ is represented in ASCII as 0100
0001 in binary.

o ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is the most widely used coding scheme
to represent data and for converting.
BASE – Base is a number of digits in a number system.

Commonly used bases of number system

o Decimal - Base 10 (Decimal) — Represent any number using 10 digits [0–9]

Decimal Binary Octal Hexadecimal

0 0000 000 0
1 0001 000 1
2 0010 001 2
3 0011 002 3
4 0100 003 4
5 0101 004 5
6 0110 005 6
7 0111 006 7
8 1000 007 8
9 1001 010 9
10 1010 011 A
11 1011 012 B
12 1100 013 C
13 1101 014 D
14 1110 016 E
15 1111 017 F

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Binary Number System

Binary (Base 2)

The binary system only requires two symbols. 0 and 1 are used. The columns in binary represent:

Binary exponential place

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 values

128s 64s 32s 16s 8s 4s 2s

Binary place values
1 units

e.g. In the binary number

0 0 0 1 0 1
0 1
is equal to 16 + 4 +1 = 21 in decimal.

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Try the following. Show your working: Example:
The number 1110 = 8+4+2 = 14 decimal

1. 0110 4+2=6
2. 1001 8+1=9
3. 0101 4+1=5
4. 1111 8+4+2+1=15
5. 0010 2=2
6. 1101 8+4+1=13

Try to learn the following powers of 2 by heart

28 = 256

210 =1024 = 1k

216 =65536=64k

220 =1048576= 1 MB

224 = 16 MB

230 = 1 GB

232 = 4 GB

240 = 1 TB = 1 Terabyte

Binary Addition:

Four Rules for addition:

0+0=0
0+1=1
1+0=1
1 + 1 = 10= 0 carry 1

Example 1:
The column by column addition of binary is applied 1+0+1 = 10 = 0 with a carry of 1
below in details. Let us consider the addition of
1+1+0 = 10 = 10 = 0 with a carry of 1
11101 and 11011.
1+1+1= 10+1 = 11= 1 with a carry of 1
29 1 +1 +1 = 11
27 Note carefully that 10 + 1 = 11, which is equivalent
56 to two + one = three (the next binary number after
10)
The above sum is carried out by following step
Thus the required result is 111000.
1 + 1 = 10 = 0 with a carry of 1.

Example 2:

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Addition of 01010101 (decimal=85) and 01110100 (decimal=116):

Example 2:

Binary Subtraction
The subtraction of the binary digit depends on the 12
four basic operations
10
0–0=0
1–0=1 2
1–1=0
10 – 1 = 1 The above subtraction is carried out through the
The above first three operations are easy to following steps.
understand as they are identical to decimal 0–0=0
subtraction. The fourth operation can be
understood with the logic two minus one is one. For 0 – 1 = 1, taking borrow 1 and then 10 – 1 = 1

For a binary number with two or more digits, the For 1 – 0, since 1 has already been given, it becomes
subtraction is carried out column by column as in 0–0=0
decimal subtraction. Also, sometimes one has to
1–1=0
borrow from the next higher column. Consider the
following example. Therefore the result is 0010.
Example 2:
Subtraction of 100001 (dec=33) & 11111 (dec=31) ; 11100 (dec=28) & 1111 (dec=15):

Multiplication
The product of two N-bit numbers requires 2N bits to contain all
possible values. If the precision of the two two's-complement
operands is doubled before the multiplication, direct multiplication (discarding any excess bits beyond that
precision) will provide the correct result.
Decimal Binary
0x0 0 0
=
0x1 0 0
=
1x0 0 0
=
1x1 1 1
=

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In binary multiplication,

It’s pretty much the same with decimal number multiplication.

For example. Let's multiply 12 by 15, which in binary will be 1100 by 1111.

12 x
15

First, you take the first digit from 1111 and multiply it by 1100, which gives the same number:

1100 multiplied by the first

digit

Now we're going to repeat the same process with each digit, shifting to the left with each of
them, getting this descending series of 1100s:

Products ready to be
added

Finally, we just need to add the numbers. This can be a little tricky when you add several 1's in
a row.

Once we reach the column with the two consecutive 1's, remember that the result is 0 and we carry a 1 to the
next column.

Add two 1s, carry a 1 to the next

column

In the next column, we need to add the numbers by pairs. The first two 1's will add up
to 0, carry a 1, then, the result 0 plus the 1 will add up to 1.

The result is
180

Keep track of
the result of
each
individual
addition

We keep repeating the same process until we finish all the addition:

We can check that 12 multiplied by 15 is 180, which in binary is 10110100.

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Example 2:
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Multiply binary numbers 1111 and 111
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Binary division

The rule of binary division is

1) Started from the left side to the dividend.
2) Perform a series of subtraction. 105
3) If subtraction is possible than put 1 in the quotient and subtract the divisor
from the corresponding digits of dividend.
4) If subtraction is not possible record 0 in the quotient.
5) Bring down the next digit to the remainder digits.

Division table
0/0= divided by zero error
0/1=0
1/0= divided by zero error
1/1=1
Example
Divided 1000012 by 1102

The result is dividing 3310 (1000012) by 610 (1102) gives quotient of

51 0 (1012) and remainder is 310 (112)

Another example for

Computing Binary division.

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 challenges

Test I: Give the correct answer to the following Question.

1. An alarm clock is controlled by a microprocessor. It uses the 24 hour clock. The hour is represented by an
8-bit register, A, and the number of minutes is represented by another 8-bit register, B.
a.) Identify what time is represented by the following two 8-bit registers.
A B
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 0 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 0

Hours ______________ Minutes ____________

b.) An Alarm has been set for 7:30. Two 8-bit register, C and D, are used to represent the hours and minutes
of the alarm time.
Show how 7:30 would be represented by these two register.
C D

2. A manufacturer of aeroplane engines assigns a denary identification to each engine. One engine has the
ID : 0431. Convert this denary number to a 12-bit binary format.

3. The units of data increase in size from smallest to largest. Fill in the missing units of data.
Bit
a. __________
b. __________
Kilobyte (KB)

c. __________
d. __________
Terabyte (TB)

4. a.) Convert the denary number 107 to binary.

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b. Represents the Denary number 300 as it would be stored in a 12-bit binary register.
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5. A stopwatch uses 6 digits to display hours, minutes, and seconds.
The stopwatch is stopped at:
02:31:58
H M S

An 8-bit register is used to store each pair of digits.

Hours

Minutes

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 Seconds

Exercises

Test I. Give the correct answer to the following Question. Solve the following problems.

1. What is 25 in binary?
2. 10101 + 01111=?
3. 1001+0111=?
4. 1100+0101=?
5. 10101-0111=?
6. 1000-0011=?
7. 1111*1111=?
8. 1100+0101=?
9. 10110/100=?
10. 11011/110=?

Test II. Explain the following question.

1. Explain the differences between the binary number system and the denary number system.
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2. Explain the process of converting the binary number 1010 into a denary number.
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3. Explain the difference between binary and denary number. And why binary number is used to represent
data than denary.
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4. Consider the binary division problem, and your remainder is smaller than your divisor, what should you
do?
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5. Give the two types of complement of binary number and their examples.
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For Additional References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_fY-zSiMtY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va_UvwJULcI

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubCCemtuZH8

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