No-op
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: No-op is a noun meaning (computing) An instruction or operation that has no effect; a null operation.
Meaning
(computing) An instruction or operation that has no effect; a null operation.
More Meanings
- (LGBTQ, of a transgender or transsexual person) Having chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
- (LGBTQ) A transgender or transsexual person who has chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
Example Sentences
A JMP instruction qualifies as a no-op in this sense.
Points may be coincident and the number of specified points can be zero, in which case the function is a no-op.
Both ‘no-op’ interviewees hold relatively stable identities as TG and offer interesting perspectives on trans repudiation from a TG standpoint.
At the time of the interviews, nineteen of the twenty interviewees were taking hormones; five were pre-operative; thirteen were postoperative; and two were ‘no-ops’ (no surgery intended at the time of interview).
Word Forms
- no-ops
Synonyms for no-op
Depending on context, synonyms include nop, non-op.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nonfunction, non-occurring, pseudonull, nonexpression, nulling, nondoing.
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