After studying this chapter, you should be able to :

• list the operations that a computer can perform

• describe the important features of the Pep/8 virtual machine

• distinguish between immediate addressing mode and direct addressing mode

• distinguish between machine language and assembly language

• describe the pseudocode constructs used in expressing algorithm

• distinguish between functional design and object-oriented design

• describe teh stages of the object-oriented design process

• define the concepts of a data type and strong typing

• understand how the sonstructs of top-down design and object-oriented design are implementated in programming languages