Meaning of nop | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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.”

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