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1.9.2 The Importance of Abstractions in Computer Systems 1.10 Summary Bibliographic Notes Part I Program Structure and Execution 2 Representing and Manipulating Information 2.1 Information Storage 2.1.1 Hexadecimal Notation 2.1.2 Words 2.1.3 Data Sizes 2.1.4 Addressing and Byte Ordering 2.1.5 Representing Strings 2.1.6 Representing Code 2.1.7 Introduction to Boolean Algebra 2.1.8 Bit-Level Operations in C 2.1.9 Logical Operations in C 2.1.10 Shift Operations in C 2.2 Integer Representations 2.2.1 Integral Data Types 2.2.2 Unsigned Encodings 2.2.3 Two’s-Complement Encodings 2.2.4 Conversions Between Signed and Unsigned 2.2.5 Signed vs. Unsigned in C 2.2.6 Expanding the Bit Representation of a Number 2.2.7 Truncating Numbers 2.2.8 Advice on Signed vs. Unsigned 2.3 Integer Arithmetic 2.3.1 Unsigned Addition 2.3.2 Two’s-Complement Addition 2.3.3 Two’s-Complement Negation 2.3.4 Unsigned Multiplication 2.3.5 Two’s-Complement Multiplication 2.3.6 Multiplying by Constants 2.3.7 Dividing by Powers of Two 2.3.8 Final Thoughts on Integer Arithmetic 2.4 Floating Point 2.4.1 Fractional Binary Numbers 2.4.2 IEEE Floatin......