Branch Instruction: The branch instruction is used to transfer the control of the program to a new address. This branch can be Conditional or Unconditional. Once the branch is taken the execution of instructions will take place from this new address called branch address. Usually the Conditional branch is taken after the ADD, SUB, INC, DEC  and the instructions used to implement the LOOP.  When these types of instructions are executed, the CS and IP registers get loaded with new values of CS and IP corresponding to the location where a branch is required. The branch instruction can be one of the following types. Unconditional Jump instructions: JMP, CALL, RET, INT N, INTO, IRET, LOOP, Conditional Jump instructions: JA/JNBE, JAE/JNB, JB/JNAE, JC, JNC, JE /JZ, JNE