CIS3340
File
Organization and Management Methods
Internal
Representation of Data
Data
Compression
Objectives:
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To understand how data is stored internally
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To differentiate EBCDIC and ASCII representation
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To be able to compress storage through the
use of packed decimal and binary
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To understand the internal representation
of characters, signed number, packed decimal, and binary (including signed
numbers)
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To be able to convert from EBCDIC, ASCII,
binary, hexadecimal to decimal/character representation
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To be able to print packed data from the IBM
mainframe
Activities:
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Practice reading the print dump used in class
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work the problems on the homework
Resources for Class:
Other Resources:
Links to:
CIS3300 Schedule
Ketler's
home page
Eastern Illinois
University
College
of Business and Applied Sciences
School
of Business