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delay slots

delay slots is the plural of delay slot.

Meaning of delay slot

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.

Questions about delay slots

What is delay slots the plural of?
Delay slots is the plural of delay slot.

Words near delay slots in the dictionary

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

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