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1
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Components of a machine code instruction

A

Opcode (+Addressing mode)

Operand

2
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Immediate addressing

A

The operand is the actual value

3
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Direct addresing

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The operand is the memory address of the value

4
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Components of an opcode

A

Basic machine operation and addressing mode

5
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Processor instruction set

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A set compromising all the instructions that are supported by the hardware. It is processor specific.

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