Most of the machine have a 2-way capability; that is, you can copy them from another register, and you can copy them to another register. The Memory Address Register (MAR) is unlike any other register in that it is always used as a destination register; copies may only be made into the MAR. I'd want you to provide some light on why this is the case.

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Most of the machine have a 2-way capability; that is, you can copy them from another register, and you can copy them to another register. The Memory Address Register (MAR) is unlike any other register in that it is always used as a destination register; copies may only be made into the MAR. I'd want you to provide some light on why this is the case.

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