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Most of the program activity in microprocessor systems is concerned with moving information into and out of various registers. These are high-speed storage elements inside the central processor. Consequently, before discussing the action of different instructions it is necessary to understand the way in which microprocessor registers are used and their particular functions. Not all microprocessors have the same set of registers, but all of them have one or more Accumulators.
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© 1987 J.C. Cluley
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Cluley, J.C. (1987). Microprocessor Registers and their Functions. In: An Introduction to Low Level Programming for Microprocessors. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09355-7_2
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