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Meaning of nop | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
nɒp

Definitions

  1. A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of nop.
    alt-of
  3. The station code of North Point in Hong Kong.
  4. A surname.

Equivalents

Français NOP

Examples

“The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops, since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing.”
“2004, Patterson et al, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface Notice that in computing CPI or IPC, we do not count any nops executed as useful instructions.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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