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Expand Up @@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ \subsection{The CPU\index{CPU|(}}
does not keep track of minutes and seconds. It simply beats at a
constant rate. The electronics of the CPU uses the beats to perform
their operations correctly, like how the beats of a metronome help one
play music at the correct rhythm. The number of beats (or as they are
usually called \emph{cycles}) an instruction requires depends on the
play music at the correct rhythm. The number of beats (or \emph{cycles}, as they are
usually called) an instruction requires depends on the
CPU generation and model. The number of cycles depends on the
instructions before it and other factors as well.

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\begin{AsmCodeListing}[frame=none, numbers=none]
mov dword [L6], 1 ; store a 1 at L6
\end{AsmCodeListing}
\index{DWORD}This tells the assembler to store an 1 at the double word that starts at
\index{DWORD}This tells the assembler to store a 1 at the double word that starts at
{\code L6}. Other size specifiers are: {\code BYTE}\index{BYTE}, {\code WORD}\index{WORD},
{\code QWORD}\index{QWORD} and {\code TWORD}\footnote{{\code TWORD} defines a ten byte
area of memory. The floating point coprocessor uses this data type.}\index{TWORD}.
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