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# Disassembler

Everything you need to understand and get the most out of IDA disassembler.

### Basic Resources

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Overview</td><td><a href="https://1926493584-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FD7fgl4EL0WWJ18ZQcIxE%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9d437ebe8c47da1d1a9e41813c977c61215e2a3e%2Foverview.jpg?alt=media">overview.jpg</a></td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/overview.md">Overview</a></td></tr><tr><td>Supported Processors</td><td><a href="https://1926493584-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FD7fgl4EL0WWJ18ZQcIxE%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3ce2dfbc1019185b6461619128f5989645de6f52%2FSupported%20processors.jpg?alt=media">Supported processors.jpg</a></td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/specification/supported-processors.md">Supported processors</a></td></tr><tr><td>Supported File Formats</td><td><a href="https://1926493584-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FD7fgl4EL0WWJ18ZQcIxE%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8266090d1397f58f7813eb7846dbc94a63263a59%2Fsupported%20file%20formats.jpg?alt=media">supported file formats.jpg</a></td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/specification/supported-file-formats.md">Supported file formats</a></td></tr><tr><td>Disassembly Gallery with Examples</td><td><a href="https://1926493584-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FD7fgl4EL0WWJ18ZQcIxE%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-fec3744661c717e13f801637e1ba7aa19d8f1b23%2FDisassembly%20gallery.jpg?alt=media">Disassembly gallery.jpg</a></td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/disassembly-gallery.md">Examples</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Going deeper

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Learn how IDA handles segment address space</td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/concepts/segment-address-space.md">Segment Address Space</a></td></tr><tr><td>Understand bitfields and how to work with them</td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/concepts/bitfields.md">Bitfields</a></td></tr><tr><td>Load Windows dump files with the Windmp loader</td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/concepts/windmp-file-loader.md">Windmp file loader</a></td></tr><tr><td>Analyse Apple Dyld Shared Caches</td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/concepts/dsc-workflow.md">Dyld Shared Cache</a></td></tr><tr><td>Learn how IDA uses environment variables</td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/concepts/environment-variables.md">Environment Variables</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

View all [Concepts](/core/disassembler/concepts.md)

### Try it yourself

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Work with bitfields</td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/how-tos/bitfields-tutorial.md">Bitfields tutorial</a></td></tr><tr><td>Work with structures</td><td><a href="/core/disassembler/how-tos/structures-tutorial.md">Structures tutorial</a></td></tr><tr><td>Define data types, operands and constructs</td><td><a href="/archive/data-structure.md">Data types, operands and constructs</a></td></tr><tr><td>Unpack hostile PE executables</td><td><a href="/archive/using-ida-debugger-to-unpack-an-hostile-pe-executable.md">Unpack hostile PE executable</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

View all [How-tos](/core/disassembler/how-tos.md)


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