<P>Computer Arithmetic in Practice - Exercises and Programming is a simple, brief introductory volume for undergraduate and graduate students at university courses interested in understanding the foundation of computers. It is focused on numeric data formats and capabilities of computer to perform basic arithmetic operations. It discusses mainly such topics as:</P><UL><P><LI>Basic concepts of computer architecture</LI><P></P><P><LI>Assembly language programming skills</LI><P></P><P><LI>Data formats used to express integer and real numbers</LI><P></P><P><LI>Algorithms of basic arithmetic operations</LI><P></P><P><LI>Short overview of nonlinear functions evaluation</LI><P></P><P><LI>Discussion on limited number representation and computer arithmetic</LI><P></P><P><LI>Exercises and programming tasks.</LI><P></P></UL><P>This book provides an accessible overview of common data formats used to write numbers in programming languages and how the computer performs four basic arithmetic operatio