Nop

Quick meaning: Nop is a noun meaning (programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing.

Meaning

(programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing.

More Meanings

1. (programming) To replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software.
2. (informal, rare) Alternative form of nope.

Example Sentences

For example, if there is a CALL 3140 and we want to skip this call, we can NOP it out.

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.

Worse, some patching can result in codes which cannot be executed: for example nopping the load which provides the value for the denominator of a division can result in a division by zero.

Word Forms

• nops
• nopping
• nopped

Synonyms for nop

Depending on context, synonyms include no-op.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include statement, nanoinstruction, dummy, pseudoinstruction, opcode.

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