Practice - Introduction to Instruction Formats
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Practice Questions
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Define 'Accumulator'.
💡 Hint: Think about where temporary results are held during computations.
What is a single-address instruction?
💡 Hint: Consider how many operands are specified in a single-address command.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is an accumulator?
💡 Hint: Think about where the CPU would hold data temporarily.
True or False: Zero-address instructions are explicitly defined with memory addresses.
💡 Hint: Consider how values are managed in a stack-based environment.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze a scenario where a single-address instruction could lead to inefficiency compared to a two or three-address instruction. Provide a coding example to illustrate your point.
💡 Hint: Assess how each format could change the complexity and clarity of the code.
Given the expression E * (F - G) using both single-address and zero-address formats, detail the difference in approach for both methods.
💡 Hint: Think about how the operations are streamlined differently between formats.
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