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Instruction Pointer Register

Instruction Pointer Register

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tagscpu, registers, cpu-architecture

May 16, 20261 min read

Register that holds the address of the next Instruction to execute.

Automatically incremented by the Central Processing Unit (CPU) after each instruction. Modified by control flow instructions (jumps, calls, returns).


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