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Nop vs Nob - What's the difference?

nop | nob |

As nouns the difference between nop and nob

is that nop is a no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing while nob is a wealthy or influential person; a toff.

As verbs the difference between nop and nob

is that nop is to replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software while nob is {{cx|informal|lang=en}} To hit in the head.

As a proper noun Nob is

a place, north of Jerusalem, whose inhabitants were massacred by Saul.

nop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing.
  • * 1999 , Dominic Sweetman, See MIPS Run
    • The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops , since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing.
  • * 2004 , Patterson et al'', ''Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface
    • Notice that in computing CPI or IPC, we do not count any nops executed as useful instructions.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (programming) To replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software.
  • * 1992 , The Cyborg, The Cracking Manual
    • For example, if there is a CALL 3140 and we want to skip this call, we can NOP it out.

    Anagrams

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    nob

    English

    Etymology 1

    * From "nobleman" or "member of the nobility" (Doubtful) * From "white-nob" (Eighteenth century) or "white-head", referring to the powdered wigs used by those affecting upper middle-class status.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, chiefly, British) a wealthy or influential person; a toff
    • The masses have risen up and shot all their nobs.
  • :: Baldrick, Blackadder Goes Forth

    • Etymology 2

    (en)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The head.
    • Jack and Jill went up the hill / to fetch a pail of water; / Jack fell down and broke his crown / and Jill came tumbling after. / Up Jack got and home did trot, / as fast as he could caper, / to old Dame Dob / to mend his nob / with vinegar and brown paper.
  • (cribbage) a jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.
    • One for his nob .
  • (slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis.

    • Verb

  • To hit in the head

    • Anagrams

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