Practice Addressing Modes Overview (32.2) - Introduction to Stack Operations

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Question 1.
What is immediate addressing?
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Think of loading constant values directly.
Question 2.
In direct addressing, what is specified?
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Consider memory addresses like house addresses!
3Question 3.
What does immediate addressing mean?
- The address is directly specified.
- The operand value is part of the instruction.
- The address is calculated at runtime.
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Think about direct values.
4Question 4.
Is direct addressing faster than indirect addressing?
- True
- False
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Consider how addresses are found.
Question 5.
Given a program that uses immediate, direct, and indirect addressing modes, analyze the potential execution speeds based on the type of addressing used.
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Compare their definitions and consider their mechanism.
Question 6.
Evaluate how a stack machine would handle a series of arithmetic operations using push and pop instructions. Illustrate your answer with an example.
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Look at how values flow in and out of the stack.

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