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Function of a program counter?
Program Counter is just a synonim for Instruction Pointer.
What does program counter contain?
Program counter is a processor register that indicates where a computer is in its program sequence. It contains the address of the memory location.
What is the purpose of program counter?
program counter is a register that has the address of next instruction that has to be executed after currently executing instruction. it is used for proper execution of functions of computer by providing address of next instruction to microprocessor.
What is the difference between the instruction location counter and the program counter?
The Instruction Location Counter is a variable inside of the assembler. While the Program Counter is a register. The PC solely keeps track of the next instruction in a program, ILC increments by each instruction's operand length.
What is the function of the program counter register?
The function of the program counter register is to hold the address of the instruction that is being executed and (later) to hold the address of the instruction that will be executed next.
Purpose of program counter in a microprocessor is?
In 8085 program counter stores the address of the next instruction which is to be fecthed.same function is performed by instruction pointer in 8086.
What is the difference between stack pointer and program counter?
The stack pointer keeps track of the top of the stack used by the current thread. The program counter keeps track of the next instruction in a program. Both are registers and both store a memory address.
Will a computer work without program counter?
yes
Can the program counter be one of the general purpose register?
No.
Where can you find a free counter program for a website?
try bravenet
How many bits are needed for the program counter and the instruction register?
24 bits are needed for the program counter. Assuming the instructions are 32 bits, then 32 bits are needed for the instruction register.
Why is program counter a pointer and not a counter?
A program counter is a register in a computer processor that contains the address (location) of the instruction being executed at the current time. In order for the program counter to move to the next instruction and thus process the entire program, it must be updated or changed at runtime. Pointers are variables that point to the address of where the variable's value is stored, and ONLY POINTERS can be changed at runtime. Trying to change a normal variable will just result in a FALSE return.
