Computer Science - Computer Architecture - Assembly language basics - Assembly Language Intro

5 steps. Step 1 'What is Assembly?': One step above machine code (binary). Each instruction = one CPU operation. Human-readable mnemonics: MOV, ADD, SUB, JMP, CMP. Architecture-specific: x86, ARM, MIPS are all different. Assembler converts assembly → machine code. Step 2 'Basic Instructions': MOV R0