Practice - Accumulator Usage in Instructions
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Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of the accumulator in programming?
💡 Hint: Think about what role a helper tool plays.
Explain what happens when you 'LOAD A' into the accumulator.
💡 Hint: What do we do with A before using it?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary function of an accumulator?
💡 Hint: Remember its role during operations.
True or False: Instructions in single address formats require more commands than three address instructions.
💡 Hint: Think about how the values are handled.
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Challenge Problems
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Write a complete instruction set using a single accumulator to compute the expression (A + B) * (C + D) and explain your rationale.
💡 Hint: Make sure to keep track of when you need to load and store values.
Discuss how implementing multiple accumulators could improve the execution of the program above.
💡 Hint: Consider how data could be managed and accessed simultaneously.
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