Major differences in Short label and Near label jump instructions - 8086

Point out the major differences in Short label and Near label jump instructions.



The characteristics of Short Label instructions are:

- This type of instruction relative to the jump instruction address specifies the jump.

- The new value of an IP is specified with an 8-bit operand.

- From the location of the jump instruction the range in which this instruction can be used is between -126 to +129 bytes.

The characteristics of Near Label instructions are as follows:

- For Near label instruction the address of the jump is specified in relative terms to the jump instruction itself.

- The new values of Ip is specified with a sixteen-bit operand.

- This type of instruction covers the complete range of the code segment currently used.
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