x86 calling conventions

This article describes the calling conventions used when programming x86 architecture microprocessors.

Calling conventions describe the interface of called code:

This is intimately related with the assignment of sizes and formats to programming-language types. Another closely related topic is name mangling, which determines how symbol names in the code map to symbol names used by the linker. Calling conventions, type representations, and name mangling are all part of what is known as an application binary interface (ABI).