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title: "What are the Flags in 8086 microprocessor?"  
description: "What are the Flags in 8086 microprocessor?"  
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published: 2022-05-12  
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# What are the Flags in 8086 microprocessor?

What are the Flags in 8086 microprocessor?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- One of the special purpose registers is the **flag** register. Depending on the value of the result after arithmetic or logical operations, the flag bits are changed to 0 or 1.
- The flag register on the 8086 is 16 bits long, with 9 valid flag bits. The flag bits can be divided into two sections. The Control Flags and the Status Flags.
- Flags of Status-After 8-bit or 16-bit operations, six distinct flags of the 8086 are set or reset.
- Flags of Control-There are three separate flags in the 8086 that are used to enable or disable several basic microprocessor activities.

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