In the absolute addressing mode:
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In the absolute addressing mode:
- A.
the operand is inside the instruction
- B.
the address of the operand is inside the instruction
- C.
the register containing address of the operand is specified inside the instruction
- D.
the location of the operand is implicit
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Correct answer: B
In absolute addressing mode, also called direct addressing in many contexts, the address field of the instruction contains the memory address of the operand. The processor uses that address to access the operand from memory. This is different from immediate addressing, where the operand value itself is in the instruction, and register-indirect addressing, where a register holds the operand address. Therefore, the correct statement is that the address of the operand is inside the instruction.