1. Computer Organization & Compilation Process
CSCE 121
J. Michael Moore

2. Simplified Model
Input
Processor
Output
Abstraction
Memory

3. Memory Usually stored in RAM Composed of ones and zeroes
Address for each byte (group of 8 bits)
Physical Address
Logical Address
Starts at zero

4. Memory Memory Layout Stack and heap grow toward each other. Code
Static Data
Stack and heap grow toward each other.
Heap / Free Store
Heap / Free Store
Low memory addresses at top
Stack
Stack

5. Compilation Process Executable File Compile Source Code
Starting with source code (e.g. C++) and converting it into machine code that the computer can run.
When using our IDE, the process appears like this:
Compile
Source Code
Executable File

6. Actual Process Source Code Assembler File Object Code File Assembler
Compiler
Assembler File
Assembler
Object Code File
Linker
Executable File
Expanded Source Code
C++ Preprocessor
#included header files
Object Code for Library Functions