Different types of instructions responsible for data transfer instructions. - 8086
Mention the different types of instructions responsible for data transfer instructions.
The following are the different types of instructions:
- Move byte or word instructions: they are used to perform primarily the move function on words / bytes
- Exchange byte or word instructions: as their name suggests they are used to perform exchange operations
- Translate byte instructions: used for transfer purposes.
- Load effective address instructions: used to calculate the effective address and load it to memory.
- Load data segment instructions: used for loading purposes.
- Load extra segment instructions: used for special instructions such as span etc.