In immediate addressing mode, as the name implies, when the instruction is assembled, the operand comes immediately after the opcode. Notice that the immediate data must be preceded by the pound sign, “#”. This addressing mode can be used to load information into any of the registers, including the DPTR register.

What is meant by immediate addressing?

immediate addressing A method used to refer to data (often small constants or similar) that is located in an address field of an instruction.

What is operand in immediate addressing mode?

Immediate Addressing

An immediate operand has a constant value or an expression. When an instruction with two operands uses immediate addressing, the first operand may be a register or memory location, and the second operand is an immediate constant. The first operand defines the length of the data.