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Nop vs Knop - What's the difference?

nop | knop |

As a noun nop

is (programming) a no-op; a cpu instruction that does nothing.

As a verb nop

is (programming) to replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software.

As a proper noun knop is

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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.

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    knop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A knob, usually ornamental
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