nonregister

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ register.

Adjective

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nonregister (not comparable)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

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