This document discusses various addressing modes of the 8051 microcontroller. It begins by defining an addressing mode as the method of specifying the source and destination of operands in an instruction. It then lists the 8 addressing modes supported by the 8051: register, direct, indirect, immediate, relative, absolute, indexed, and long. Examples are provided for each mode. The document also compares microprocessors and microcontrollers, and discusses the differences between the 8085, 8086, and 8051 microchips. Finally, it poses questions about addressing modes and instruction types to continue the tutorial.