# Hello, World!

      .data     ## Data declaration section
## String to be printed:
out_string:    .asciiz   "\nHello, World!\n"

      .text     ## Assembly language instructions go in text segment

main:           ## Start of code section
      li    $v0, 4           # system call code for printing string = 4
      la    $a0, out_string  # load address of string to be printed into $a0
      syscall                # call operating system to perform operation in $v0
                             #     syscall takes its arguments from $a0, $a1, ...

      li    $v0, 10          # terminate program
      syscall