SIC/XE Reference Help

Overview

This reference serves as an indexed and easier to search reference for SIC, Simplified Instructional Computer, and primarily SIC/XE, an architecture described in System Software: An Introduction to Systems Programming by Leland Beck.

SIC and SIC/XE

In SIC and SIC/XE, one word is equal to three bytes. A byte is eight bits long.

17 October 2025