Directive Definition/Meaning:

A component of a program in assembly language that controls the subsequent assembly but does not of itself cause a machine instruction to be generated. Examples are;

generate absolute/relative code;

request a page-feed in the listing;

start a new segment;

allocate space for constants or variables.

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