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which of the following definition is correct (  current time or next instruction) if possible pls explain with some example

program counter is a register in a computer processor that contains the address (location) of the instruction being executed at the current time

A program counter (PC) is a CPU register in the computer processor which has the address of the next instruction to be executed from memory

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A program counter (PC) is a CPU register in the computer processor which has the address of the next instruction to be executed from memory.
PC is provided the address of very first instruction and after that it increments itself to the next instruction.
why you have even this doubt?

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