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The program status word (PSW) is a register that performs the function of a status register and program counter, and sometimes more. The term is also applied to a copy of the PSW in storage. This article only discusses the PSW in the IBM System/360 and its successors, and follows the IBM convention of numbering bits starting with 0 as the leftmost bit. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Program status wordA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Robinson CrusoeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Language proficiency, home-language status, and English vocabulary development: A longitudinal follow-up of the Word Generation programCited 55 times
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đź“š Books worth reading
Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe · 1686
Software EngineeringRoger S. Pressman, Bruce Maxim · 1982
JavaScriptDavid Flanagan · 1996- 📕[Papers presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Ontario Educational Research Council, Toronto, Ontario, December 1-2, 1978]Ontario Educational Research Council. Conference · 1966
Word 2010 for DummiesDan Gookin, Judith Muhr · 2010
Learning the bash ShellCameron Newham, Bill Rosenblatt · 1995
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
System softwareLeland L. Beck · 1985
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