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.