80x86 Registers

Name Length(bits)      Use/comments
EAX 32                       accumulator, general use;
                                                        low-order-word AX, divided into bytes AH and AL
EBX 32                       general use;
ECX 32        general use;
                                                           low-order-word CX, divided into bytes CH and CL
EDX 32                      general use;
                                                                 low-order-word DX, divided into bytes DH and DL
ESI 32                      source index; source address in string moves, array index
EDI 32                      destination index; address of destination, array index
ESP 32                     stack pointer; address of top of stack
EBP 32        base pointer; address of  reference point in the stack
CS 16                    holds selector for code segment
DS 16                      holds selector for data segment
ES 16                      holds selector for extra segment
SS 16                      holds selector for stack segment
FS 16                      holds selector for additional segment
GS 16                      holds selector for additional segment
EIP 32                     instruction pointer; address of next instruction to be fetched
EFLAGS 32                      collection of flags, or status bits

Bit	Mnemonic	Usage
0	CF	Carry flag
2	PF	Parity flag
6	ZF	Zero flag
7	SF	Sign flag
10	DF	Direction flag
11	OF	Overflow flag