EVEN             Align on Word Boundary                        MASM Directive
 
  EVEN
 
    Causes the assembler to align the next byte (data or instruction) on a
    word boundary.
 
       Notes:     If the next byte would otherwise be located at an odd
                  address, the assembler generates a NOP instruction in
                  response to the EVEN directive.
 
                  EVEN may not be used in byte-aligned segments.