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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition

by Lyla B. Das
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
665 pages
23h 2m
English
Pearson India
Content preview from The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS  II 107
3.3 | Branch Instructions
Branch instructions are very important, because they carry on them the full power of a computer.
Branching can be conditional or unconditional. Unconditional branching becomes necessary
when looping back or forward is done infi nitely, like when we use software to generate a square
wave continuously. However, most of the time, conditional branching is what may be more
important. Taking decisions based on the result of a computation is what gives computers their
power and versatility. Most instructions that we will use subsequently, become meaningful only
when conditional branching is used. ...
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