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Internal Registers in x86 Architecture

Learn about the fourteen 16-bit internal registers in x86 architecture, including the instruction pointer (IP), data registers (AX, BX, CX, DX), pointer registers (BP, SP), index registers (SI, DI), segment registers (CS, DS, SS, ES), and the status register with control flags. Understand the requirement for the beginning segment address to be divisible by 16 and the optional definition of segments.

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Which register in 8086 holds the address of the next instruction to be fetched from memory?

Instruction Pointer

Which register among the options points to the program stack in 8086?

Stack Pointer

How many status flags are there in the 16-bit flag register of 8086?

Six

Unlike Stack Pointer (SP), which register can be used to access data in other segments as well in 8086 architecture?

<p>Base Pointer</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which register is sometimes referred to as the flag register in 8086?

<p>Status Register</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many bits of the 16-bit status register in 8086 are defined?

<p>Nine</p> Signup and view all the answers

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