Direct Addressing

With direct addressing, as the name implies, an instruction provides an exact memory address. The following instruction provides an example of direct addressing:

Jump to location 3A2

This instruction is represented by 4 hexadecimal digits in RQM or program RAM. The first digit is a 4, signifying a jump instruction, while the final 3 digits specify the address.

This instruction would appear in memory as follows:

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