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20 October 2025

  • curprev 14:4414:44, 20 October 2025Bfh-sts talk contribs 2,584 bytes +2,584 Created page with "= Flags and Instruction Pointer (RFLAGS & RIP) = This page explains two special control elements of the CPU: the flag register, which stores status bits set by operations, and the instruction pointer, which tracks the flow of program execution. == Flags == A flag is a single bit representing a specific condition that resulted from the last CPU operation. Flags are grouped together in a special register: * FLAGS (16-bit) * EFLAGS (32-bit) * RFLAGS (64-bit) Flags are a..."