
Episode 94: How Computers Work Part IV - Processor Architecture and Machine Code
The Science of Everything Podcast
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The Basic Instructions of a TerinComputer Architecture
In theory, it's actually possible to build a terincomplete machine using only one instruction. But in practice, this isn't very practical. Even the most simple instruction said architectures have a few dozen instructions. What are these instructions? Well they fall into a handful of main categories. Data movement instructions involve copying data from one register to another. logical operations include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and sometimes more complex mathematical operations as well. conditional branching operations allow you to conditionally select which instruction to perform on the basis of some test that's performed.
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