mov

Move

MOV r/m, r

Copies data from source to destination.

Details

The Move instruction copies data from source to destination.

Pseudocode Operation

DEST ← SRC;

Example

MOV EAX, 5 ; Load 5 into EAX MOV [EBX], EAX ; Store EAX to memory at EBX

Encoding

Binary Layout
89
+0
 
Format Legacy
Opcode 89
Extension Base

Operands

  • dest
    Register or memory operand
  • src
    General-purpose register