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Which instruction uses immediate addressing to load the value 12 into the accumulator?.
- A.LOAD 12
- B.LOAD #12
- C.STORE #12
- D.ADD 12
Model answer
What a good answer should say
- LOAD #12
Explanation
Why this works
The # symbol indicates that 12 is an immediate value to be loaded. LOAD 12 would use direct addressing, meaning that 12 refers to a memory address.
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