INTRODUCTION TO 8086

ASSEMBLER DIRECTIVES

THEORY

Assembler Directives:
DATA:

It marks the start of the data segment.

CODE:

It marks the start of the code segment.

ASSUME:

Informs the assembler of the logical segment to be assumed of different

segment used in program.

MACRO:

It is used to define a set of macros.

DB:

It stands for Define byte. It is used to define a byte of memory

DW:

It stands for Define word. It is used to define a word of memory

DD:

It stands for Define double word. It is used to define a double word of

memory

LABEL:

It is used to assign name to the current content of the location counter.

DUP:

It is used to store the duplicate of values given by DB, DD, DW, DQ.
This value can be duplicated to the value given by DUP.
Generally used to allocate space for table/array.