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Sec.1.3 Introduction to assembly programming
A program that consists of 0s and 1s is called machine language. Assembly languages provides mnemonics for the machine code instructions, plus other features that made programming faster and less prone to error. Assembly language programs must be translated into machine code by a program called an assembler. Assembly language is referred to as a low-level language because it deals directly with the internal structure of the CPU.
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Sec.1.3 Introduction to assembly programming
MOV instruction
Simply stated, the MOV instruction copies data from one location to another. It has the following format:
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MOV AX, 2345H ;load 2345H into AX
MOV DS, AX
MOV instruction
• In the 8086 CPU, data can be moved among all the registers shown in