[[Category:Computer Architecture]]An '''immediate value''' in [[Machine Language|machine code]] is a constant or literal value argument. For example, the 6502 instruction:
LDA #80An ''immediate value'' in [[Machine Language|machine code]] is a constant or literal value argument. For example, the 6502 [[Assembly Language|assembly]] instruction:
Will LDA #$80 ...will load the literal value 0x80 (128) into the accumulator (A register). This Note that the value to be loaded comes from an argument within the instruction stream; this contrasts with loading a value from a memory location in a data area, or from another register.
