
If you mention the word CODE or ASSEMBLER to some people
they look at you in fear as if to say "VERY COMPLEX" but
as a matter of  fact it is not as complicated as you may
think, and I am going  to try to explain the basics to you
in this article.

PART 1
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When you write a basic program and run it the computer
does not understand that "basic" program specificaly. It
has to interperate it into machine code, then execute  the
program. This explains why code is a lot faster than
basic, as code is already in a format which the computer
understands. This information has to be stored in memory,
so its ready for execution. RAM is where all user code is
stored and where the computer collects commands and
returns results. What about ROM??? When you turn on your
computer the programs in the ROMs (read only memory) are
executed, initialising your computer ready for you to use.
There are many kinds of this memory such as EPROM, PROM,
EEROM, WOM these are more advanced versions and will not
be discused any more in this article.

The standard size in which memory is mesured in is a