Types of Opearations          

The number of different opcodes and their types varies widely from machine to machine. However, some general type of operations are found in most of the machine architecture. Those operations can be categorized as follows:

• Data Transfer
                      
• Arithmatic
                   
• Logical
                   
• Conversion
                   
• Input Output    [ I/O ]
                
• System Control
                 
• Transfer Control