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Assembly Language Addressing Modes

The document outlines various addressing modes in assembly language and machine code, including Absolute, Direct, Indirect, Indexed, Immediate, Relative, and Symbolic addressing. Each mode is explained with examples demonstrating how they operate in relation to memory locations and instructions. Additionally, it discusses the use of labels to assign symbolic names to memory locations or instructions.

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Assembly Language Addressing Modes

The document outlines various addressing modes in assembly language and machine code, including Absolute, Direct, Indirect, Indexed, Immediate, Relative, and Symbolic addressing. Each mode is explained with examples demonstrating how they operate in relation to memory locations and instructions. Additionally, it discusses the use of labels to assign symbolic names to memory locations or instructions.

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Addressing Modes in Assembly Language and Machine Code

Absolute Addressing
- The contents of the memory location specified in the operand are used.
Example:
- Memory location with address 200 contains the value 20.
- Instruction `LDD 200` stores 20 in the accumulator.

Direct Addressing
- Same as absolute addressing. The operand specifies the memory location
directly.
Example:
- Memory location with address 200 contains the value 20.
- Instruction `LDD 200` stores 20 in the accumulator.

Indirect Addressing
- The contents of the memory location specified in the operand are a pointer to
the actual value.
-Example:
- Memory location 200 holds the address 20.
- Memory location 20 contains the value 5.
- Instruction `LDI 200` stores 5 in the accumulator.

Indexed Addressing
- Adds the contents of the Index Register (IR) to the memory address in the
operand to get the actual memory location.
Example:
- IR contains value 4.
- Memory location 204 contains the value 17.
- Instruction `LDX 200` stores 17 in the accumulator.

Immediate Addressing
- The operand itself is the value to be used (instead of an address).
Example:
- Instruction `LDM #200` stores 200 in the accumulator.

Relative Addressing
- The memory address is the current memory address added to the operand
value.
Example:
- Instruction `JMR #5` transfers control to the instruction 5 locations after the
current one.

Symbolic Addressing
- Used in assembly language, where a label (symbol) is used instead of an
actual address.
Example:
- Memory location labelled `MyStore` contains the value 20.
- Instruction `LDD MyStore` stores 20 in the accumulator.

Labels in Assembly Language


- Labels assign a symbolic name to a memory location or an instruction.
Example: `<label>: <opcode> <operand>` for labeling an instruction.
Example: `<label>: n` for giving a symbolic address to the memory location
containing `n`.

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