Chapter 1 & History of C.S.
Important Historical Figures
Important Events
Components of the Computer
Chapter 2 & Performance
Performance Measurements
Benchmarking
SPEC & SPEC 2000
Number Representation (Part of Chapter 4)
Binary/Hexadecimal
ASCII/Character Representation
Unsigned Integer Representations
Signed Integer Represenataions (Esp. 2's Compliment)
IEEE 754 Floating Point Representation
Misc.
Compiler/Assembler/Linker/Loader Interaction & Responsibilities (Appendix A, sections 1,2, and 3)