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GATE | GATE IT 2006 | Question 39

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Which of the following statements about relative addressing mode is FALSE?

(A)

It enables reduced instruction size

(B)

It allows indexing of array elements with same instruction

(C)

It enables easy relocation of data

(D)

It enables faster address calculations than absolute addressing



Answer: (D)

Explanation:

Explanation: As relative address are calculated from absolute address, So relative addressing cannot be faster than absolute addressing.

relative address =  absolute address + offset

relative address find using the absolute address, so the address calculation is slower for relative address than absolute address
 


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Last Updated : 19 Nov, 2018
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