Correct Answer: is used to remember which of the general-purpose registers are currently available as base registers, and what base addresses they contain
9. A compiler is
Options
A. a program that places programs into memory and prepares them for execution
B. a program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine language
C. program that accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program
D. is a program that appears to execute a source program as if it were machine language