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Addressing Mode

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* Relative - A [[Signed|signed or unsigned]] offset is added to the current [[Register#Program Counter|program counter]] to obtain a new address. This is most often used for jumps but is also used for some kinds of data access.
* Stack - Values are pushed to or popped from the [[Stack|stack]].
 
(There are many other modes available on some architectures).
 
The addressing modes available and available combinations of operations and addressing modes are significant features of an [[Instruction Set Architecture]].

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