By: Masud-ul-Hasan
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PSW : Program Status Word
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CY
AC
F0
RS1
RS0
OV
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P
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- CY
: Carry Flag.
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- AC
: Auxiliary Carry Flag.
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- F0
: Flag 0 (available for user).
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- RS1
: Register Select 1.
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- RS0
: Register Select 0.
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- OV
: Arithmetic Overflow Flag.
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- P
: Accumulator Parity Flag.
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Flags are 1-bit registers provided to store the results of
certain program instructions. In order to conveniently address
the flags, they are grouped inside the PSW register.