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Which of the following Instructions is used to allocate Memory in Assembler

  1. DC

  2. DS

  3. No Such Instruction Exists

  4. 1 and 2
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Explanation

DC (Define Constant) is used to allocate memory and initialize it with a constant value in assembler. DS (Define Storage) only reserves memory space without initialization. Therefore DC is the instruction that both allocates and initializes memory.

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