Immediate Value

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An immediate value in machine code is a constant or literal value argument. For example, the 6502 assembly instruction:

LDA #$80

...will load the literal value 0x80 (128) into the accumulator (A register).

Note that the value to be loaded comes from an argument within the instruction stream; this contrasts with loading a value from a memory location in a data area, or from another register.