6. Introduction to 80x86 Assembly Language

• Logic gates are used at the hardware level.

• What is machine language?

• How high-level language concepts, such as if-else statements, are realized at the machine level?

• What about interactions with the operating system functions?

• How is assembly language translated into machine language?

  • These fundamental questions apply to most computer architectures.

  • By using assembly, we gain understanding of how the particular model of computer works.