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What does the CMP instruction do in assembly language?
What is the purpose of the conditional jump instruction that follows the CMP instruction?
How can the carry flag be used to check the result of a subtraction operation?
What does the zero flag indicate after a subtraction operation?
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What is the purpose of using comparisons and boolean expressions in higher-level programming languages?
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What is the role of the overflow flag in the result of a subtraction operation?
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What is the key difference between signed and unsigned numbers?
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How are the numbers $-2$ and $2$ compared differently for signed and unsigned numbers?
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How are signed and unsigned numbers represented in two's complement notation?
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What is the key idea regarding the representation of $-2$ and $65534$ in two's complement notation?
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How do the conditional jump operations JG and JL work differently for signed and unsigned numbers?
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What is the key idea regarding the comparison of $-2$ and $2$ using the CMP instruction?
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