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nonregister

adj

Etymology

From non- + register.

  1. derived from regero
  2. derived from regesta
  3. derived from registrum
  4. prefixed as nonregister — “non + register”

Definitions

  1. Not a register.

    • Typically, the second operand may be obtained from a nonregister memory location.

  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.
    • In RISC processors, instructions excluding the load and store use registers only; any nonregister value is treated as a constant.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonregister. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA