I am really new to the assembly language(Started to learn just a couple of days ago). I am trying to figure out directives in assembly. As far as I understand, directives are like a variable declaration in high-level languages. For example, after the
AREA myData, DATA
line, I need to initialize my variables and to start inserting instructions; I need to start with adding this line:
AREA myCode, CODE, READONLY
And if I want to declare more variables I need to write first line again. Please correct me if I am wrong.
My question is, what are the names 'myData' and 'myCode' really for? Do I need to use 'myData' name for accessing the variables declared at that part or does it contain some sort of address?
If it is a repeated question I am sorry. I searched but could not find any answer to that spesific question.