Memory Reference
Ambiguities
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Consider MOV [BX],5
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Should we move a byte or a word?
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Need to instruct the assembler
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WORD PTR
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BYTE PTR
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So we get:
MOV WORD PTR [BX], 5
OR
MOV BYTE PTR [BX], 5
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Consider the following example