Thank you! That makes so much since to me now. So I take it that you do nothing with the 250?

Ok. I appreciate your help, but I still really don't understand. There is a problem similar to this in our book:

A computer has 32-bit instructions and 12-bit addresses. Suppose there are 250...

Yeah, I'm not really sure what that means.

Would it be 4*2^16

Can somebody please explain this problem to me?

A computer has 20 bit instructions with 8 bit addresses. Suppose that there are 12 two-address instructions. How many 1-address instructions are...

Can somebody explain to me or point me in good direction for some help on instruction sets and addresses? I have problems where it tells you that your computer has instruction that is 12 bits and...