DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED BIT FIELD HANDLING

摘要

DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED BIT FIELD HANDLING Hardware facilities are described whereby the handling of data represented by variable length fields of bits may be made faster, use less storage and be less prone to errors in programming. The bit fields are handled independently of the natural storage addressing elements and boundaries. Data may be packed into main storage with the highest efficiency, and manipulated with a fast and efficient hardware instruction set.