The 8086 instruction set belongs to the x86 assembly language family. It runs on the x86 processor that includes Intel's Core series of processors like AMD's Phenom and Phenom 11 series. The x86 instruction set include registers like EAX and EBX 32 bit registers. The NASM Manual has a complete listing of all the x86 instructions. It is very important to know that if you are using the manual make
. sure the instructions are compatible with the 8086. Some instruction sets are ADC, ADD, AND, CALL, CMP, CBW, DEC, DIV and CWD. The ADC instruction is used to Add with a carry flag, the ADD is used to Add two numbers, the AND is a Bitwise(that is zeros and ones) logical AND, CALL is used as a Call procedure or function, CBW is used to convert a byte to a signed word, CMP is used to compare two operands, CWD is used to convert word to a signed doubleword, DEC is used to decrement 1 or decrease 1 and DIV is used in in an unsigned divide.
