Mnemonic

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A human-readable abbreviation for a machine instruction in assembly language — like MOV, ADD, JMP — making raw CPU operations easier to read and write than raw opcodes.

    In plain English: Short, readable names for CPU instructions (like MOV for move) so programmers don't have to memorize raw numbers.

    Example: "MOV AX, BX — the mnemonic is a lot friendlier than the hex opcode 89 D8."

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