Chapter 1

A1: What has made it possible for you to ride more than one type of bicycle?
A2: Consider the shape of the steering wheel versus the style of seats, for instance.
A3: Consider the characteristics of the keyboards.
A4: Why do automobile manufacturers build different automobiles? Are the reasons the same for brands of ice cream?
A5: Can different operating systems run on the same computer? Does this represent any form of standardization?
A6: First, compute the quantity (1.024)6.
A7: 216+32 = 248 = (28)(240) = 256 TiB, etc.
A9: 0 to 4095 (unsigned).
A10: 155, 525; 205064, 68148; FFFFFEAB, FFFEF5CC.
A11: a. 1100100, 144, 64; b. 4, 4, 4; c. 64, 1000000, 40; d. 256, 100000000, 400.
A12: a. 1FF; b. B02; c. 1214; d. 10FFE.
A13: Two ways to convert from ...

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