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NOP sled

NOP sled noun: a series of identical values in memory that instruct the CPU to take no action and proceed to the next instruction, used in shellcode etc. to increase the chances of any random instruction access executing the sequence that follows.

Noun

NOP sled (plural NOP sleds)

  1. A series of identical values in memory that instruct the CPU to take no action and proceed to the next instruction, used in shellcode etc. to increase the chances of any random instruction access executing the sequence that follows.
    Synonyms:
    NOP slide

Synonyms of NOP sled

Forms of NOP sled

pluralNOP sleds

Origin of NOP sled

See nop (“no operation”).

Questions about NOP sled

What does NOP sled mean?
NOP sled means a series of identical values in memory that instruct the CPU to take no action and proceed to the next instruction, used in shellcode etc. to increase the chances of any random instruction access executing the sequence that follows.
What part of speech is NOP sled?
NOP sled is a noun.
What is the plural of NOP sled?
The plural of NOP sled is NOP sleds.

Words near NOP sled in the dictionary

  1. Nootsacks
  2. nooz
  3. nooze
  4. noozes
  5. nop
  6. NOP sled
  7. NOP sleds
  8. NOP slide
  9. NOP slides
  10. nopal
  11. nopaleries

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