Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] Midterm Questions
Date: Sunday, 04 Oct 2020, 09:41:57

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > What should we expect the format of the midterm to be? Can you host a
    > review session for it just like you did in 223 before those midterms? Are
    > the practice midterms a good resource to study for this upcoming midterm?

The topics on the midterm are:
* Number representation and machine arithmetic
* Data compression
* Error detection and correction
* Basic machine architecture, including caches, RAID,
    and the memory hierarchy

There is a sample midterm at

  https://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs323/current/sample-m

There is also a link on the class web page.

I will hold a review session late this week (probably
Friday from 2pm to 3pm) at which I will go over the
solutions to the sample midterm and answer questions
about the material we have covered.  That session will
be recorded and available through Canvas.

I will send you an announcement about the staging of the
exam later today.

--Stan-