What are general purpose registers?
A-CPU also has some general-purpose registers. These registers are used along
with other registers to perform arithmetic & logical operations. These registers
are also used for data movement purposes inside the computer. These registers
are called EAX. EBX. ECX and EDX.
Types of general purpose registers:
Some general-purpose registers is as follows:
(1) AX (Accumulator Register): It is used for arithmetic and other data
operations.
(2) BX (Base Register): It is used to-store memory addresses of data stored in
main memory during arithmetic and data movement operations.
(3) CX (Counter Register): It is used for counting purpose. It acts as counter
for looping.
(4) DX (Data Register): It is used to hold data during division and
multiplication operations.
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