Prior knowledge assumed
Instruction: Label Operator Operands
Example: LOOP: MOVL R1,R2
Interpretation: Move the contents of register R1 (source operand) to R2 (destination operand).
Operands can be registers, memory or absolute values (immediate).
Instruction cycle: Fetch, Decode, Execute, Store
Basic memory and register addressing
Registers Program Counter (PC), Instruction Register (IR)