title: MIPS la keyword
body: <p>Let's say have a variable var stored at address 0x00001000 and the value of it is 10.</p>
  
  <p>If i did
  la $t2, var</p>
  
  <p>Would $t2 contain the address of var or the value of var. I really want to say the address, considering la stands for load address, but everywhere I've looked the examples don't make that explicit connection.</p>
  
  <p>Also I know this is broken down to
  lui
  ori 
  in native instructions but how would it look exactly?</p>