Chapter 6
Branching and Looping Instructions
This chapter describes program transfer control using branching and looping instructions. These instructions transfer control to a section of the program that does not immediately follow the current instruction. The transfer may be a backward transfer to a section of code that was previously executed or a forward transfer to a section of code that follows the current instruction.
There are three basic types of addresses (or pointers) provided by the assembler: a short address, a near address, and a far address. A short address (or short jump) transfers control to an address that is located –128 to +127 bytes from the current location (the current EIP value). A near address (or near jump) transfers ...
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