Absolute Expression Type

An Absolute-ExpressionType is an expression that evaluates to an integer quantity. Its value must be representable using one of the following types of scalar data:

• BYTE
  
• SBYTE
  
• WORD
  
• SWORD
  
• DWORD
  
• SDWORD
  
• FWORD
  
• QWORD
  
• TBYTE

The following restrictions apply to an Absolute-ExpressionType:

• It cannot be relocatable (it may not contain references to a GroupName, SegmentName or LabelName). 
  It cannot reference any external symbols.
  
  It cannot contain any forward references.

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