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    The x86 instruction set doesn't just have one MOV mnemoic. For simple copying one value from one location to another there's a number of "load"/"save" instructions: FLD, FLDCW, FST. FSTCW, LAHF, LAR, LDDQU, LDMXSCR, LDS, LES, LFS, LGS, LSS, LGDT, LIDT, LLDT, LMSW, LODS, LSL, LTR, SAHF, SGDT, SIDT, SLDT, SMSW, STOS, STMXCSR, STR. A number of additional "move" mnemonic: MOVAPD, MOVAPS, MOVD, MOVQ, MVDQA, MVDQU, MOVDQ2Q, MOVHLPS, MOVHPD, MOVLHPS, MOVLPD, MOVLPS, MOVQ2DQ, MOVS, MOVSD, MOVSS, MOVUPD, MOVUPS. Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 22:42
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    And a few "read"/"write" mnemomics for good measure: RDFSBASE, RDGSBASE, RDMSR, RDPID, RDPKRU, RDPMC, RDTSC, RDTSCP, WRFSBASE, WRGSBASE, WRMSR, WRPRU. Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 22:44
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    @RossRidge I never implied that the MOV instruction could denote all possible data transfers. There is a link in the question showing which specific group of instructions I'm talking about. Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 22:47