What does nop mean?
Nop means (programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing..
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/nɒp/ · noun
(programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does 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.
The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops, since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing.
For example, if there is a CALL 3140 and we want to skip this call, we can NOP it out.
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.
Use nop when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nop means (programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing..
Common synonyms include no-op.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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