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operands

operands is the plural of operand.

Meaning of operand

Noun

operand (plural operands)

  1. A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
    • When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47

Questions about operands

What is operands the plural of?
Operands is the plural of operand.

Words near operands in the dictionary

  1. operameters
  2. operance
  3. operancy
  4. operand
  5. operanda
  6. operands
  7. operandum
  8. operant
  9. operant conditioning
  10. operantly
  11. operants

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