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Define XLAT instruction used in 8086.

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It translates a byte in AL using a table in memory. The offset address is calculated by adding the 8 bit contents of the AL register and the contents of BX register. BX register contains the starting offset address of the Lookup table . After execution , corresponding data memory contents of the lookup table are loaded into the AL register.

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