GNU Assembler: instruction meaning

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This is from x86 disassebly with objdump.

What does this instruction mean? How will the call address be calculated?

call   *0x1bc(%eax)

In particular, what does asterisk mean here? Does it simply mean %eax + 0x1bc ?

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Yes. Branch addresses with immediate or register operands are prefixed with asterisks.

From this page:

Branch addressing using registers or memory operands must be prefixed by a '*'.