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VincentWolf

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Mar 21, 2006
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Can someone please explain the difference between

MOV BX, SI
and
MOV [BX], SI

I'm a little confused here.

Thanks!
 
The first means move the value stored in SI into the BX register.

The second means move the value stored in SI into memory at the address stored in the BX register.

Lee
 
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