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delay slot

delay slot noun: a slot for an additional instruction that is executed out of sequence, before the instruction (typically a jump or branch) that immediately precedes it in code.

Noun

delay slot (plural delay slots)

  1. A slot for an additional instruction that is executed out of sequence, before the instruction (typically a jump or branch) that immediately precedes it in code.

Forms of delay slot

pluraldelay slots

Questions about delay slot

What does delay slot mean?
Delay slot means a slot for an additional instruction that is executed out of sequence, before the instruction (typically a jump or branch) that immediately precedes it in code.
What part of speech is delay slot?
Delay slot is a noun.
What is the plural of delay slot?
The plural of delay slot is delay slots.

Words near delay slot in the dictionary

  1. delay differential equation
  2. delay differential equations
  3. delay line
  4. delay lines
  5. delay no more
  6. delay slot
  7. delay slots
  8. delay tactic
  9. delay tactics
  10. delay time
  11. delay times

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