MyVar: DC.L 0 ;reserves 4 bytes of storage. The label MyVar represents the address of the four 0 bytes shown here. MyOtherVar: DC.L $C0 ;reserves 8 bytes of storage. The first four bytes are initialized to 00 00 00 C0 and the second four to $00 $00 $01 $F4. DC.L 500 ;MyOtherVar points to the first four bytes, you'll need pointer arithmetic to get to the second four.