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A '''no-op''' (or 'NOP') is an [[instruction]] which does nothing ('no operation'). In the early days, [[programmer]]s would include NOP's to allow patching loaded programs during debugging. Modern machines may use them for timing or other purposes (e.g. in machines with [[delayed branch]]es, if no suitable instruction can be found to go behind the delayed branch). | A '''no-op''' (or 'NOP') is an [[instruction]] which does nothing ('no operation'). In the early days, [[programmer]]s would include NOP's to allow patching loaded programs during debugging. Modern machines may use them for timing or other purposes (e.g. in machines with [[delayed branch]]es, if no suitable instruction can be found to go behind the delayed branch). | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 16 December 2018
A no-op (or 'NOP') is an instruction which does nothing ('no operation'). In the early days, programmers would include NOP's to allow patching loaded programs during debugging. Modern machines may use them for timing or other purposes (e.g. in machines with delayed branches, if no suitable instruction can be found to go behind the delayed branch).
