Nop vs Oop - What's the difference?
nop | oop |
(programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing.
* 1999 , Dominic Sweetman, See MIPS Run
* 2004 , Patterson et al'', ''Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface
(programming) To replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software.
* 1992 , The Cyborg, The Cracking Manual
(computing) object-oriented programming
(publishing) out of print
As verbs the difference between nop and oop
is that nop is (programming) to replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software while oop is (scotland) to bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite.As a noun nop
is (programming) a no-op; a cpu instruction that does nothing.As an adverb oop is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops , since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing.
- Notice that in computing CPI or IPC, we do not count any nops executed as useful instructions.
Verb
(en-verb)- For example, if there is a CALL 3140 and we want to skip this call, we can NOP it out.