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is a low-level programming language that is closely tied to the architecture of a particular computer’s CPU.

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Assembly

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Assembly language provides a more __________ format

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human-readable

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Enumerate the history of assembly in order

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  1. Early Computing
  2. Development of Assemblers
  3. Proliferation and Standardization
  4. The Rise of High-level languages
  5. Assembly Language today
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Year of Early Computing

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1940s - 1950s

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Year of Development of Assemblers

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1950s-1960s

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Year of Proliferation and Standardization

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1960s-1970s

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Year of The Rise of High-level languages

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1970s-1980s

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Year of Assembly Language Today

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Present

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The First Assembly language is credited to ___________.

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Kathleen Booth

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In what year does the first assembly language credited to Kathleen Booth?

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1947

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The reason why the first assembly language is credited to Kathleen Booth

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ARC2 computer

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It wasn’t quite the assembly language we know today, but it was a step away from raw machine code.

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EARLY COMPUTING (1940s - 1950s)

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This was a significant shift, making programming slightly less cryptic.

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DEVELOPMENT OF ASSEMBLERS
( 1950s - 1960s)

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EDSAC stands for

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Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator

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What was the name of the computer that incorporated an assembler in 1949?

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Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC)

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What type of codes did the assembler in EDSAC use to represent machine code instructions?

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mnemonics

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When did EDSAC integrate an assembler into its system?

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1949.

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What was the purpose of mnemonics in the assembler of EDSAC?

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represent machine code instructions.

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As computing become more widespread, different computer manufacturers developed their own assembly languages tailored to their hardware architectures

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PROLIFERATION AND STANDARDIZATION
(1960s - 1970s)

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What are examples of assembly languages that resulted from efforts to standardize?

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ALGOL Assembly and ALM.

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Which language was developed as a result of standardization efforts?

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ALGOL Assembly

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The introduction of high-level languages like FORTRAN and COBOL in the 1960s started to challenge assembly language’s dominance

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THE RISE OF HIGH - LEVEL LANGUAGES (1970s - 1980s)

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What was the impact of the introduction of high-level languages like FORTRAN and COBOL on assembly language’s dominance?

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challenge assembly language’s dominance.

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What advantages did high-level languages such as FORTRAN and COBOL offer over assembly language?

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greater readability and portability

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They introduce FORTRAN and COBOL in what year?
1960s
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Name some specific areas where Assembly Language remains significant.
embedded systems, real-time systems, and operating system development.
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Why has Assembly Language become less prevalent in mainstream software development?
due to the availability of higher-level programming languages.
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Year: it has become less prevalent in mainstream software development.
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE TODAY (PRESENT)
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Enumerate 12 Mnemonics
1. ADD 2. SUB 3. MUL 4. DIV 5. PUSH 6. RET 7. CMP 8. JMP 9. INC 10.DEC 11.AND,OR,XOR 12. CALL
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what can we use to make a comment in Assembly Language?
;
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3 sections
data section bss section text section
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section.text global_start _start: is found in what section?
text section
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What are the 4 Registers
1. 8 - bit Registers 2. 16 - bit registers 3. 32- bit registers 4. 64- bit registers
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Enumerate 8 - bit registers
1. AL 2. BL 3. CL 4. DL
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Enumerate 16 - bit registers
1. AX 2. BX 3. CX 4. DX
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Enumerate 32 - bit registers
1. EAX 2. ECX 3. ECX 4. EDX
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Enumerate 64 - bit registers
1. RAX 2. RBX 3. RCX 4. RDX
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What are the two parts of instruction
1. name of instruction/ mnemonics 2. operands
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It has two parts, first is the name of the instruction/mnemonic and the second are the operands.
Instructions
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What are the 4 Data Types
1. Bytes 2. Word 3. Doubleword 4. Quadword
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Doubleword is also known as _________
Dword
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Quadword is also known as ____________
Qword
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DATA TYPES: 8 - bits
Bytes
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DATA TYPES: 16 - bits
Word
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DATA TYPES: 32 - bits
Doubleword (Dword)
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DATA TYPES: 64 - bits
Quadword (Qword)
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DATA TYPES: 0-255
BYTES
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DATA TYPES: 0-65535
WORD
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DATA TYPES: 0-4,249,967,295
DOUBLEWORD
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DATA TYPES: 0-18,446,744,073,709,551,615
QUADWORD
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DATA TYPES: db 10
BYTES
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DATA TYPES: dw 1000
WORD
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DATA TYPES: dd 100000
DOUBLEWORD
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DATA TYPES: dq 100000
QUADWORD
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Define a section for initialized data
section.data
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Define a section for executable code
section.text
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Declare start as the entry point
_start:
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%eax: 1
sys_exit
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%eax: 2
sys_fork
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%eax: 3
sys_read
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%eax: 4
sys_write
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%eax: 5
sys_open
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%eax: 6
sys_close
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IDE IN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
1. VS Code 2. SASM 3. WinAsm Studio 4. Online Compilers:
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Online Compilers:
1. OneCompiler 2. TutorialsPoint

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