Chapter 5
Data Transfer Instructions
This chapter presents the basic data transfer instructions as they apply to the X86 processors. Other data transfer instructions, such as instructions that pertain to stack operations and string operations, are presented in later chapters. This chapter also includes the various data types used in the X86 processors.
5.1 Data Types
The data types that are covered in this section are signed binary integers, unsigned binary integers, unpacked binary-coded decimal (BCD) integers, packed BCD integers, and floating-point numbers.
5.1.1 Signed Binary Integers
A signed integer is a binary number that is interpreted as a number in 2s complement representation, where the high-order (leftmost) bit is the sign bit. Signed ...
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