title: Do we also refer to the registers RAX, RBX etc as R1, R2 and so on?
body: <p>I am studying 8086/8080 microprocessors. The registers used in them have names,</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>RAX</li>
  <li>RBX</li>
  <li>RCX</li>
  <li>RDX</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>and go on until R8 when the registers are named as R8, R9... to R15. I wanted to know</p>
  
  <p>Do we also refer to the registers RAX, RBX etc as R1, R2 and so on?</p>