title: Assembly Language data segment variable values
body: <p>I'm trying to learn Assembly language. I noticed that it's totally different compared to high-level programming languages like Java. </p>
  
  <p>So I read that a data transfer instruction follows this syntax: </p>
  
  <pre><code>mnemonic destination, source
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which I see as <code>destination = source</code> In other words, assignment of value to a memory.</p>
  
  <p>I saw an example in the book this data segment declaration.</p>
  
  <pre><code>.data 
  var1 SBYTE -4,-2,3,1 
  var2 WORD 1000h,2000h,3000h,4000h 
  var3 SWORD -16,-42 
  var4 DWORD 1,2,3,4,5
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Howcome there are > 1 value for the variables?
  What does that exactly mean?</p>
  
  <p>I'd appreciate any explanation.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>