Like any other programming language, assembly language has its own variables, syntax, operations, and functions. Every line of code is processes a small amount of data. In other words, every byte is read or written per line of code.
x86
Registers
In programming, processing data requires variables. You can simply think of registers as variables in assembly language. However, not all registers are treated as plain variables, but rather, each register has a designated purpose. The registers are categorized as being one of the following:
- General purpose registers
- Segment registers
- Flag registers
- Instruction pointers
In x86 architecture, each general purpose register has its designated purpose and is stored at WORD size, or...
