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    The program counter (PC), commonly called the instruction pointer (IP) in Intel x86 and Itanium microprocessors, and sometimes called the instruction...
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    is possible because the cycle is broken up into separate steps. The program counter (PC) is a register that holds the memory address of the next instruction...
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    Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and...
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    because of the incremented value in the program counter. If a jump instruction was executed, the program counter will be modified to contain the address...
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    electronics, a counter is a sequential logic circuit that counts and stores the number of positive or negative transitions of a clock signal. A counter typically...
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    address of the next instruction, and set it back into the program counter. With the program counter now reset, the interrupted process will resume its time...
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    counter would cause the next instruction to be read from a place 100 locations further down the program. Instructions that modify the program counter...
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    8-bit microprocessor (8-bit registers and data bus) with a 16-bit program counter and address bus. The register set is small, with a single 8-bit accumulator...
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    it will push the value onto the computer's stack before setting the program counter back to the calling function. The calling function will then pop the...
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  • members of the Valve Cyber Café Program on August 11, 2004. On August 18, 2004, the beta was released to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and to...
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    resettable counter known as the Program Counter. The Program Counter holds the address of the next instruction the Little Man will carry out. This Program Counter...
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  • assembly language, control flow instructions usually work by altering the program counter. For some central processing units (CPUs), the only control flow instructions...
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    The program counter is a 64-bit register which contains a longword-aligned virtual byte address, that is, the low two bits of the program counter are...
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    pointed at by the program counter. Pressing START transferred the value currently set in data switches 1–15 to the program counter, and then began executing...
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    indirect addressing. The 3851/3852/3853 contain the program counter, PC0, along with a secondary program counter, PC1. PC1 was referred to as a stack pointer...
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  • CPU state information including the registers, stack pointer, and program counter as well as memory management information like segmentation tables and...
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    current program, executing a short interrupt service routine, and then resuming the interrupted program. The AGC also had 20 involuntary counters. These...
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  • of the program state; they usually include the program counter, also called the instruction pointer, and the status register; the program counter and status...
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    are affected by the program commands being executed. Not only does the program counter change between different program counter locations, but variables...
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  • The Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP) of the USDA provides payments to eligible producers on farms enrolled for the 2002 through 2007 crop...
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  • opcode decoding, two illegal opcodes, 0x9D and 0xDD, will cause the program counter on the processor to increment endlessly, which locks the processor...
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    number strings in memory 16-bit subtraction and 8-bit negation program looping program counter (PC) relative jumps block copy, block input/output (I/O), and...
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    LR, the link register. R15 is also referred to as PC, the program counter. The Current Program Status Register (CPSR) has the following 32 bits. M (bits...
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    actual copy (from program counter to stack and then conversely) takes place before the automatic increment of the program counter that occurs at the...
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  • alter the contents of the CPU's program counter (PC) (or instruction pointer on Intel microprocessors). The program counter maintains the memory address...
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    to the program counter (PC) to form the 24-bit effective address. Should PC "wrap" (return to zero), PB will not be incremented. Hence a program is bounded...
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  • One-instruction set computer (category Esoteric programming languages)
    (program_counter >= 0): a = memory[program_counter] b = memory[program_counter+1] c = memory[program_counter+2] if (a < 0 or b < 0): program_counter =...
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    addresses, incorrect address values in the program counter, buffer overflow, overwriting a portion of the affected program code due to an earlier bug, executing...
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    8080 or MOS 6502 which had parallel ALUs. Another oddity was that the program counter could only access the lower 12-bits of the 16-bit address, and the...
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  • CounterSpin (counterspin.tv) was a Canadian television program which was broadcast on CBC Newsworld from 1998 to 2004. A daily panel debate show, CounterSpin...
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