Moves data from register to register, register to memory, memory to register, memory to accumulator, accumulator to memory, etc.

The following instructions come under this category: Instruction the destination may be a register, memory location or port. The source data may be a register, memory location, port etc.

They are categorized into the following main types: Data Transfer instructionĪll the instructions which perform data movement come under this category. Instructions are classified on the basis of functions they perform.