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nonregister

nonregister adjective: not a register.

Adjective

nonregister (not comparable)

  1. Not a register.
    • Typically, the second operand may be obtained from a nonregister memory location.1985, Hugo T Jackson, A M Fischer, Learning assembly language: a guide for BASIC programmers
  2. Not stored in a register.
    • Functions need to access two kinds of nonregister variables: formal parameters and local auto variables. Both types are allocated on the stack.1986, Dr. Dobb's journal of software tools for the professional programmer
    • In RISC processors, instructions excluding the load and store use registers only; any nonregister value is treated as a constant.2005, Sivarama P Dandamudi, Guide to RISC Processors: For Programmers and Engineers

Origin of nonregister

From non- + register.

Questions about nonregister

What does nonregister mean?
Nonregister means not a register.
What part of speech is nonregister?
Nonregister is an adjective.

Words near nonregister in the dictionary

  1. nonregimental
  2. nonregimented
  3. nonregional
  4. nonregionalised
  5. nonregioselective
  6. nonregister
  7. nonregisterable
  8. nonregistered
  9. nonregistering
  10. nonregistrability
  11. nonregistrable

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