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I likely seem like a huge idiot, but what's an instruction?

 
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:18 am    Post subject: I likely seem like a huge idiot, but what's an instruction? Reply with quote
It's essentially what the title says. Everywhere I go assumes I know what this is, but I do not. It's frustrating me half to death, so if anyone could help me out, that'd be awesome.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_instruction_listings
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's an operation a CPU can perform. For example:
Code:
mov [rsi],ecx
This is a single instruction that moves data from the CPU into ram.

Instructions are stored as machine code (a sequence of bytes) in memory (ram). These are the bytes you see when looking in the disassembler- the top half of the memory viewer. Each line in the disassembler is an instruction.
Note that not all bytes are machine code. The disassembler can disassemble arbitrary data that the CPU won't normally try to execute.
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