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