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What are the different addressing modes in 8086 Microprocessor?

Register Addressing, Immediate Addressing, Direct Addressing, Register Indirect Addressing, Based Addressing, Indexed Addressing, Based Index Addressing, String Addressing, Direct I/O port Addressing, Indirect I/O port Addressing, Relative Addressing, Implied Addressing

What is the purpose of addressing modes in 8086 Microprocessor?

The different ways in which a source operand is denoted in an instruction

Which group of addressing modes in 8086 Microprocessor is for register and immediate data?

Group I

Explain the Register Addressing mode in 8086 Microprocessor.

<p>The instruction specifies the name of the register which holds the data to be operated by the instruction</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Relative Addressing mode in 8086 Microprocessor used for?

<p>It is used for relative addressing</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of stack memory in a computer?

<p>Stack memory is used for organizing and managing function calls and local variables in a program, following the Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) principle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Explain the concept of a stack frame in relation to stack memory.

<p>A stack frame is a block of memory that contains information specific to a function call, including parameters, local variables, and the return address.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does stack memory handle function calls in a program?

<p>When a program executes a function call, the current state of the program, including memory contents and the instruction pointer, is pushed onto the stack to create a new stack frame for the function.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What principle does stack memory follow, and how does it impact the stored items?

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Why is stack memory considered an essential component of most programming languages?

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