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basic
block
A sequence of instructionswithout branches (except possibly at theend) and without branch targets or branchlabels (except possibly at the beginning). TERM 2
procedure
frame
DEFINITION 2 Also called activationrecord. The segment of the stack containing a procedures saved registers and localvariables. TERM 3
PC-relative addressing
DEFINITION 3 An addressingregime in which the address is the sum ofthe program counter (PC) and a constant inthe instruction. TERM 4
Base or displacement addressing
DEFINITION 4 Where the operand is at the memorylocationwhose address is the sum of a register and a constant in the instruction. TERM 5
Register Addressing
DEFINITION 5 where the operand is a register.
Immediate Addressing
where the address is a constant within the instruction. TERM 7
Pseudodirect Addressing
DEFINITION 7 where the jump address is the 26 bits of the instruction concatenated with the upper 6 bits of the Program Counter. TERM 8
loop unrolling
DEFINITION 8 A technique to get moreperformance from loops that access arrays, in which multiple copies of the loop bodyare made and instructions from differentiterations are scheduled together TERM 9
linker / link editor
DEFINITION 9 A systemsprogram that combines independentlyassembled machine language programs andresolves all undefined labels into an executable file. TERM 10
executable le
DEFINITION 10 A functional program in theformat of an object file that contains nounresolved references, relocation information, symbol table, or debugginginformation.
