32/64-Bit 80x86 Assembly Language Architecture

Glossary

#

— a number

absolute address

— A fixed address within an application's code space.

AI

— Artificial intelligence. Computer simulation of human behavior and intelligence.

alpha channel

— A field within an RGBW (red, green, blue, alpha) color value representing the level of opacity and/or transparency.

ALU

— Algorithmic Logic Unit

AMD64

— AMD's 64-bit based processor family. Superset of their 32-bit processors.

AoS

— Array of Structures {XYZW}[4]

ASCII

— American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A 7-bit numerical representation used to represent control characters and the standard English language character set.

ASE

— ASCII Scene Exporter (3D Studio MAX). Application Specific Extension (MIPS-3D)

BCD

— Binary-coded decimal notation

bi-endian

— A byte ...