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Registers
Registers
not, and used only by the processor. Most important registers: - Accumulator: also known as A-register, is used for storing the results of mathematical operations. - Instruction register: used to store the current instruction that are being executed in the microprocessor. - Program counter: stores the address of the next instruction to be executed. - Buffer register: stores data temporarily. - Status register: stores the current state of the instruction that are being executed at the microprocessor. - Stack pointer: points to (stores the location of) the place in the main memory called stack.