CS208 Introduction to Computer Systems
Wednesday, 6 March 2024

+ Quick notes on...
- Final exam
- Floating point numbers
- A handy technique using C type-casting

+ Layers of abstraction
- Lower than assembly
    - machine language
    - computer architecture (digital logic --> data paths)
    - hardware
- Higher than assembly
    - operating system (e.g. command shells, and the
        system calls they're based on, like fork/exec/read/...)
    - applications
    - networking protocols

+ A security demo