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Fig. 12.7.3 shows that the fourth word of memory matched so the word is copied into the MBR.


Fig. 12.7.3: Getting the result

What this figure does not show is that if 11011100 was not found in any word, a failure bit would be set so the computer would not erroneously interpret what is left in the MBR as the searched-for contents.