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IP (Instruction Pointer)
	Pointer to the current instruction being executed
	It is not directly affected by OR

	Read-only, can be set by certain jump instructions

SP (Stack Pointer)
	Pointer to the bottom of the stack (grows down) (used implicitly by push/pop instructions)

BP (Base Pointer)
	Pointer to the top of the stack (grows down) (used implicitly by push/pop instructions)