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Computer Hardware and Software
1.
When referring to instruction words, a mnemonic is:
a short abbreviation for the operand address
a short abbreviation for the operation to be performed
a short abbreviation for the data word stored at the operand address
shorthand for machine language
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Syed said:   1 decade ago
Its a thing for keeping us to be remembered in a easy manner.
Vijesh said:   1 decade ago
Eg: MOV, ADD, SUB, LOAD.
Atmanand said:   9 years ago
Mnemonics are words that are inbuilt for certain language.

For ex: mov a, b in this mov tells to copy the content of b to a register.

Another ex: add a, #30h.
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