sembler directives have a format similar to the machine instruction
format. However, instead of specifying operations for the processor to
carry out, the directives cause the assembler to perform some function
related to the assembly process. TASM has two types of assembler directives
- those that mimic the 'C' preprocessor functions, and those that resemble
the more traditional assembler directive functions. Each of these will
be discussed.

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