Different Addressing Modes used in Addressing
Different Addressing Modes ~By Anonyo Sanyal The operation field of an instruction specifies the operation to be performed. This operation must be executed on some data stored in computer registers or memory words. The way the operands are chosen during program execution is dependent on the addressing mode of the instruction. The addressing mode specifies a rule for interpreting or modifying the address field of the instruction before the operand is actually referenced. Computers use addressing mode techniques for the purpose of accommodating one or both of the following provisions: 1. To give programming versatility to the user by providing such facilities as pointers to memory, counters for loop control, indexing of data, and program relocation. 2. To reduce the number of bits in the addressing field of the instruction. In simpler words, it can be compared to the addressing of a particular location on earth. Just like we have different ways to reach a particular addres