Nonregister
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Nonregister is an adjective meaning (computing) Not a register.
Meaning
(computing) Not a register.
More Meanings
- (computing) Not stored in a register.
Example Sentences
Typically, the second operand may be obtained from a nonregister memory location.
In RISC processors, instructions excluding the load and store use registers only; any nonregister value is treated as a constant.
Functions need to access two kinds of nonregister variables: formal parameters and local auto variables. Both types are allocated on the stack.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nonregistering, nonregistered, unregistered, nonregisterable, nonregistrable, unregisterable.
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